{16} Microsoft comes out on top in fight with Google

The ITC has decided in a preliminary ruling that Microsoft's Xbox gaming console does not infringe Google or rather Motorola's Patent on "sensor controlled user interface for portable communication devices." As this is just the preliminary running, the Commission's six-member decision-making body can review the judge's decision on four infringement findings. Google is obviously hoping for a different decision from the Commission. As Google continues to fight more and more cases on behalf of Motorola (a company under Google), the logic behind the $12.5 billion purchase. Microsoft has already win a U.S. Import ban over one Motorola patent and 3 patent German injunctions against Motorola forcing Android devices out of German market for months, which as we learned in class can be a big hit for a company. Google's Motorola hasn't won anything apart from a couple German rulings that it didn't even get to enforce.
Google is probably realizing that it will end up paying Android patent royalties to Microsoft. And sandy, Motorola's patent portfolio doesn't give it enough leverage for a "freebie" cross-license, as said by Florian Mueller if Foss Patents.