No sooner did Google agree with the FTC to stop wielding its standards-essential patents like a club to hold over the head of rival firms, than the Mountain View based tech titan decided to tell the ITC that it wants to withdraw two patent claims against Microsoft. As part of the FTC announcement last Friday that it found Google had not violated antitrust or anti-competition laws with its search results, the agency did note that Google had improperly used its SEP patents to try to force a sales ban on rival firms. Google signed a consent order and promised that it would allow rivals to license these important patents on fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory terms (FRAND).
The standards-essential patents in the case belong to Google's subsidiary, Motorola Mobility
To prove that it is serious about FRAND patents, Google has withdrawn its claim with the ITC over the two aforementioned patents, both of which were acquired when Google purchased Motorola Mobility in 2011. Google had asked the ITC to block sales on Microsoft's Xbox game console. The patents involved dealt with Wi-Fi and the H.264 video standard.
Alan, an ardent smartphone enthusiast and a veteran writer at PhoneArena since 2009, has witnessed and chronicled the transformative years of mobile technology. Owning iconic phones from the original iPhone to the iPhone 15 Pro Max, he has seen smartphones evolve into a global phenomenon. Beyond smartphones, Alan has covered the emergence of tablets, smartwatches, and smart speakers.
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