The good news with patent suits is that
even when they’re successful they very rarely result in
outright sales bans of popular products. And now
Ars Technica reports that yet another attempt to enforce a sales ban has fallen flat on its face, this time
Motorola’s attempt to stop sales of
Microsoft’s Xbox. According to
Ars, Motorola filed suit against Microsoft back in 2010 because its Xbox allegedly infringed upon Motorola patents that detailed technologies for “video transmission and compression as well as Wi-Fi.” Motorola’s quest against the Xbox ended this week, however, when a six-person panel at the International Trade Commission decided to toss out the company’s complaint. A Microsoft spokesperson described the ITC’s decision as “a win for Xbox customers” that “confirms our view that Google had no grounds to block our products.”
