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Microsoft Now Collects Royalties From Over Half of All Android Devices

Posted by Unknown on Monday October 24, 2011 @12:48AM from the where-can-i-get-me-some-patents dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has inked a deal with Compal Electronics, which pumps out gadgets that run Android and Chrome OS, for an undisclosed sum." Microsoft has an explanatory weblog post; with this deal over half of all Android devices are licensing patents from Microsoft. Notably refusing to cooperate and instead opting for the court battle route are Motorola and Barnes and Noble.

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Re:Android the free OS. by BasilBrush · 2011-10-24 02:44 · Score: 1, Troll

I don't get it, is this somehow android's fault, that microsoft is extorting android using patents, this is android's fault?
Of course it's Android's (Google's) fault. They are giving away stuff that doesn't belong to them. Requiring people to pay royalties for things covered under patents isn't extortion.