Microsoft Signs Android Patent Deal With HTC

adeelarshad82 writes "Microsoft and HTC have signed a patent deal that will provide broad coverage under Microsoft's patent portfolio for HTC's mobile phones running the Android mobile platform. The announcement comes in the wake of a massive patent suit from Apple, which alleged 20 instances of patent infringement on the part of HTC."

Comments

if ya can't beat em, sue em

[Anonymous Coward]

... M$ is pathetic

Re:documenting it on http://en.swpat.org

[shutdown -p now]

Enough spamming. I'm pretty sure that everyone on /. who has any interest in taking part in your project has already seen one of your previous posts.

Just like SuSE

[gearloos]

M$OFT turned SuSE and novel into an unimportant "also ran" Linux distro almost overnight with their collaboration (corroboration?) deal. I'd say they see HTC as too much of a threat and want to make them a minor player again so the new M$OFT phones can use the patents HTC has and ruin HTC's credibility in the process... Sounds totally typical M$OFT to me..