::::Microsoft wins ruling against Motorola over texting::::

<div class=&quot;custm_img_blk&quot;><img src=&quot;http://www.techgig.com/files/photo_1337999853_temp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;200&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /></div><p>A German regional court ruled in a hearing on Thursday that Motorola Mobility(<span>GOOG.O</span>) infringed Microsoft(<span>MSFT.O</span>) patents by offering the option on its mobile phones to send a longer text in a batch of several messages.</p><p style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px&quot;>&quot;We're pleased the court agreed today that Motorola has infringed Microsoft's intellectual property, and we hope Motorola will be willing to join other Android device makers by taking a license to our patents,&quot; Microsoft said in a statement, referring to Google's Android operating system for mobile phones.</p><p style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px&quot;>Motorola, which was recently bought by Google, said: &quot;We expect a written decision from the court on June 1 and upon review, will explore all options including appeal.&quot;</p><p style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px&quot;>The two companies are fighting each other in courts across the globe, as are several other makers of devices including Apple (<span>AAPL.O</span>), over the intellectual property of software features offered in the latest smart phones and gadgets.</p><p style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px&quot;>In another case, the same regional court in the city of Munich on Thursday rejected a complaint by Microsoft against Motorola Mobility's use of a software feature called programme localisation.</p><p style=&quot;margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px&quot;>Motorola Mobility, in turn, is currently suing Microsoft in the U.S. over features in the Xbox gaming console.</p>

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