On Wednesday, Judge James L. Robart of the U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Washington in Seattle granted Microsoft's request
for a summary judgment on 13
claims made against the company by Motorola Mobility. The latter, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Google, alleged that Microsoft had infringed
on patents involving the coding and decoding of digital video. But the
judge found that parts of Motorola Mobility's three patents for the
H.264 video technology were invalid (U.S. Patent No. 7,310,374, U.S.
Patent No. 7,310,375 and U.S. Patent No. 7,310,376).
The entire case has not yet been ruled on, although the remaining claims
could meet the same fate as the 13 that were dismissed and there is no
time frame on when the remaining claims will be decided on. For example,
the motions decided by the judge on Wednesday had been originally filed
10 months ago. Judge Robart found that Motorola's patents were
"indefinite" and not well defined.
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