Microsoft infringes Motorola Mobility patents: ITC judge  April
23, 2012|Reuters (Kim Kyung Hoon Reuters, REUTERS)  WASHINGTON
(Reuters) - Microsoft infringed Motorola Mobility's patents in
making its popular Xbox gaming consoles, a judge for the U.S.
International Trade Commission ruled on Monday.   The full
commission will review the judge's decision and issue a final
ruling in August.    Motorola Mobility, which is being acquired
by Google Inc, had filed related lawsuits against Microsoft in
district courts in Wisconsin and Florida.  The trade commission
complaint is related to the larger smartphone patent war between
Apple, Microsoft and the mobile phone makers who use Google's
Android software. Motorola Mobility is among them.  Tech
companies have spent billions of dollars to buy patent
portfolios that they can use defensively or offensively, and
still more money litigating in the United States and Europe.
Google's Android software, which the company lets handset makers
like Motorola Mobility use for fr