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• EU says Motorola abused its position by seeking and enforcing injunction against Apple

  Motorola Mobility abuses its dominant position in the E.U. by seeking and enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany on the basis of its mobile phone standard-essential patents (SEPs), the European Commission said in a preliminary antitrust review of the case on Monday.

• Microsoft prevails in Xbox patent rift with Motorola Mobility

  A US judge has ruled that Motorola Mobility is entitled to substantially less royalties than it wanted from Microsoft for the company's use of wireless and video-encoding patents in its Xbox products.

• ITC rejects Motorola touchscreen patent complaint against Apple

  The U.S. International Trade Commission has found no evidence that Apple infringed on a Motorola Mobility patent covering a touchscreen function.

• Motorola patent that got Apple's push mail banned in Germany could be invalid, court says

  A Motorola Mobility patent that was successfully used to force Apple to turn off its iCloud push email services for users in Germany last year could be invalid, the District Court in Mannheim, Germany, said on Friday.

• Arris cleared by DOJ to acquire Motorola's set-top box business

  Arris Group has received clearance from the U.S. Department of Justice for its proposed acquisition of the Motorola Home business.

• Rackspace challenges lawsuit-happy patent holder

  Cloud hosting provider Rackspace Hosting is striking back against patent holder Rotatable Technologies, a Texas company that has filed patent infringement cases against more than a dozen companies in the past year.

• Judge says Apple, Motorola pursuing business strategy in court

  A court in Florida said that Apple and Motorola Mobility have no interest in quickly and efficiently resolving a patent infringement lawsuit, but are instead using their litigations around the world as "a business strategy that appears to have no end."

• German court invalidates Apple slide-to-unlock patent

  A German court has invalidated an Apple patent for the slide-to-unlock feature on mobile phones, according to a published report.

• US ITC finds Microsoft's Xbox does not violate Google patent

  An administrative law judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled against a ban on Microsoft's Xbox as he found it did not violate a patent owned by Motorola Mobility.

• Google will cut 1200 more jobs at Motorola Mobility

  Motorola Mobility is cutting 1200 staff, in addition to a reduction of 4,000 staff it announced in August, to focus on high-end devices.

• Prominent Apple fellow goes to work for Motorola

  Guy Kawasaki, venture capitalist and former Apple chief evangelist, announced this week that he has taken on advisory work for Motorola Mobility - which is owned by rival Google.

• ITC will review Motorola, Apple patent dispute

  The U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to review a December ruling by an administrative law judge that Apple did not violate a Motorola Mobility patent relating to a sensor controlled user interface for a portable communication device.

• HTC, Nokia, Motorola, LG accused of using patent infringing semiconductors

  Tela Innovations has filed patent infringement complaints against key mobile handset vendors, including LG, HTC, Nokia and Motorola Mobility, before the U.S. International Trade Commission and the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

• Judge invalidates 13 Motorola Mobility patent claims in Microsoft case

  A U.S. district court judge has ruled that 13 Motorola Mobility patent claims related to digital video are invalid in a patent licensing case brought by Microsoft.

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  Google X phone, tablet, spur speculation

  With speculation swirling that Google is preparing to come out with what's been called the Google X phone and a Google X tablet this spring, analysts say the company is pushing the hardware envelope.