Motorola's Appeal To Ninth Circuit Of A Jury Determination That Motorola Breached Its FRAND Obligation In a case involving the first time a federal district court judge determined a FRAND royalty rate for standard essential patents as reported in ITC Section 337 Update dated October 3, 2013 , Motorola's Appeal No. 14-35393 of a subsequent jury verdict that Motorola breached its FRAND royalty obligation to license its standard essential patents to Microsoft on fair terms was Argued before the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday, April 18, 2015.