Microsoft, Google/Motorola, Settle Patent Disputes

Readers may have seen this news already, but if not here are stories in Bloomberg News, Reuters, and The Wall Street Journal. According to Reuters, "The companies said they have been cooperating on such issues as the development of a unified patent court for the European Union, and on royalty-free technology for speeding up video on the Internet," and Bloomberg News reports that "the two companies are lobbying to ensure" that PAE suits "don’t become as prevalent in Europe as they are in the U.S."

Update:  Florian Mueller's analysis on FOSS Patents is available here.