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Microsoft Prevails Against Google in ITC Xbox Case

A federal trade panel has ruled that Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox doesn’t infringe on wireless patents owned by Motorola Mobility, another in a series of legal decisions that could quiet patent litigation surrounding popular consumer electronic devices.

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EU Presses Motorola Mobility Over Patent Licensing

The EU has become a key market where tech giants are slugging it out over patents.

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ITC Clears Microsoft’s Xbox in Patent Case

An administrative law judge ruled on Friday that Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox doesn’t infringe on wireless patents owned by Motorola Mobility, another in a series of legal decisions that could quiet patent litigation surrounding popular consumer electronic devices.

Google Cutting 10 Percent of Jobs at Its Motorola Unit

More than 1,200 workers are being let go as part of the latest round of cost-cutting at the cellphone maker.
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Judge Pares Google’s Patent Claims in Microsoft Suit

A federal judge determined that more than a dozen patent claims asserted against Microsoft by Google’s Motorola Mobility unit were not specific enough.
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mFoundry Acquired for $120 Million in Cash for Its Mobile Banking Tech

The original developer behind the Starbucks mobile application, mFoundry, has been acquired by FIS, which already owned a 22 percent stake in the company. FIS said it will pay $120 million in cash for the remaining stake, meaning the entire deal was worth around $165 million. Other investors in the nine-year-old company include MasterCard, Intel Capital, Motorola Mobility, PayPal, Bank of America and Ignition Partners. MFoundry had 850 clients, many of which were banks that deployed the company’s technology inside of their mobile apps.

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Google Sells Motorola Set-Top and Modem Unit to Arris for $2.35 Billion

After shopping it around for a few months, Google has found a buyer for Motorola Home, which makes set-top boxes, cable modems and related equipment. The business, one of the acquired Motorola Mobility assets Google is shedding, will go to Arris, a broadband media tech outfit, for $2.35 billion in cash and stock.

Google Winding Down Motorola in S. Korea, Laying Off About 500

A “difficult but necessary decision.”
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FTC Slams Google for Seeking iPhone, iPad Ban

Enough with the patent hold-ups.
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Google Shares Above $700. Again.