Microsoft Patents

Microsoft multiyear license growth softens pain of PC decline

Microsoft Corp's strategy of selling more long-term software licenses to big business customers is helping to cushion the blow from plummeting PC demand...

Microsoft, Foxconn sign patent deal for Android and Chrome OS devices

Microsoft Corp and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd signed a global patent licensing agreement on Wednesday designed to protect Hon Hai clients from...

Microsoft sued over search-related patents

A lawsuit filed on Thursday alleges Microsoft Corp has been infringing patents that allow Internet search engines to most effectively place advertisements...

Google drops key patent claims against Microsoft

Google unit Motorola Mobility has asked a trade panel to drop two key patents from an infringement complaint...

UK court dismisses Motorola's patent as invalid

In a major twist to an ongoing patent battle involving Microsoft Corp. and Google-owned Motorola Mobility, a UK court has ruled that the latter's patent is invalid...

Microsoft, Motorola millions apart on royalty payment case

Microsoft Corp and Google Inc's Motorola phone unit remain millions of dollars apart in their respective valuations...

Microsoft, Motorola file to keep patent case details private

Microsoft Corp and Google Inc's Motorola Mobility unit have requested a federal judge in Seattle to keep secret from the public various details ...

Microsoft vs Google trial over patents finishes up

A Google expert witness testified on Tuesday that Microsoft will make roughly $94 billion in revenue through 2017...

Kinect could control who watches movies on Xbox 360

Microsoft has acquired a new patent related to the Xbox Kinect. Titled Content Distribution Regulation by Viewing User, the new patent will allow content providers...

Microsoft vs Google trial raises courtroom secrecy concerns

Two weeks before trial in a high-stakes lawsuit pitting Google's Motorola Mobility unit against Microsoft, Google made what has become a common request ...