Both Microsoft and Motorola are in danger of getting their goods halted at the border in the US over their disputes, with Redmond peeved at Android’s use of calendar tech ActiveSync while Moto is demanding cash for video and wireless tech used in Xboxes and Windows OS.
But Microsoft didn’t like the terms Motorola proposed for the two firms to cross-license each other’s gear. The one-time leader of the tech world said Motorola was offering it 33c for the use of Microsoft’s ActiveSync in each of Moto’s Android phones, and that in return it wants a 2.25 per cent from every Xbox and 50c for every copy of Windows that uses its patents.