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Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, January 30 2013 @ 06:11 AM EST |
Moto gave a commitment to a standards body that it would offer FRAND terms in
return for having its patents incorporated into the standard (despite the fact
that the patents involved are tangential and not required for anything other
than interlaced video).
They then tried to hold-up Microsoft for implementing the standard by demanding
2.5% of the final product price.
Motorola's inventions are not worth that much and would not have been included
in the standard.
Microsoft have asked the court to hold Moto to it's commitment and decide a
FRAND rate instead. Moto did an end-run around the court and went to Germany and
tried to get Microsoft's products banned.
This is the vital difference between SEPs (Standards Essential Patents) and
other patents. You can't help but implement them, therefore they have to
available at reasonable rates to all.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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