“A U.S. trade judge has rejected Google’s move to block the testimony of a Microsoft expert witness in the latter’s 10-month dispute with Motorola over patents allegedly used by Android,” Gregg Keizer reports for Computerworld.
“On Monday, U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Judge Theodore Essex denied Google’s motion to prevent Robert Stevenson, an expert hired by Microsoft, from testifying about the Android source code at an upcoming hearing,” Keizer reports. “Last week, Google accused Microsoft of violating a confidentiality agreement struck between Microsoft, Motorola and Google in the ITC case.”
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Keizer reports, “Essex rejected Google’s motion… Microsoft filed its complaint with the ITC in October 2010, when it charged Motorola with violating several Microsoft patents in Motorola devices powered by Google’s Android operating system.”
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