Apple Steps in on the Motorola/Microsoft Debate

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;apple-steps-motorolamicrosoft-debate&sol;apple&lowbar;rainbow&lowbar;logo&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-18829"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18829" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;06&sol;apple&lowbar;rainbow&lowbar;logo&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"333" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier in the week we ran a story on the current feud in which Motorola has claimed <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;motorola-calls-ban-xbox&sol;">5 infringements on their wireless technology<&sol;a> by Microsoft&comma; calling for a ban on Xbox sales&period;  A couple of moths ago&comma; an judge for the US International Trade commission sided with Motorola&comma; agreeing that it did infringe upon these patents&comma; and recommending that the government demand a halt of sales of the 4GB and 250GB versions of the Xbox&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>However&comma; the movement has seen much opposition from third party firms like Cisco&comma; Activision&comma; Nokia&comma; Intel&comma; and HP&period;  Now Microsoft has found an unlikely ally in Apple&comma; as one of their attorneys&comma; Mark Davis&period;  Motorola is now catching heat from many such tech industry companies due to abuse of FRAND which is a &&num;8216&semi;reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing&&num;8221&semi; agreement that sets the standard for the industry patent licensing&period;  According to Davis&comma;&&num;8221&semi;&&num;8221&semi;Apple respectfully submits that any exclusion order directed against Microsoft would significantly undermine the standards-setting process and frustrate the purpose of FRAND&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Expect interest in this story to grow in the coming days as the German government has <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;bbc&period;co&period;uk&sol;news&sol;technology-17924190">enacted a ban on certain Microsoft products<&sol;a> they have found to infringe upon Motorola&&num;8217&semi;s patents&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;computerandvideogames&period;com&sol;353462&sol;apple-backs-microsoft-in-opposition-of-xbox-ban-attempt&sol;&quest;cid&equals;OTC-RSS&amp&semi;attr&equals;CVG-General-RSS&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;source&equals;dlvr&period;it&amp&semi;utm&lowbar;medium&equals;twitter">CVG<&sol;a>&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;