Just days after Apple's EU antitrust complaint against Motorola Mobility came to public light, Microsoft joined the battle and levied formal competition charges against Motorola as well. Both tech giants are alleging FRAND (fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory) patent abuse claims against Motorola.
"Motorola has broken its promise," declared Dave Heiner, vice president and deputy general counsel for Microsoft's Corporate Standards & Antitrust Group. "Motorola is on a path to use standard essential patents to kill video on the Web, and Google as its new owner doesn't seem