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Nikon Buckles To Microsoft, Will Pay "Android Tax" For Smart Cameras

Posted by timothy on from the by-all-means dept.

walterbyrd writes with news that Nikon is the latest company to agree to pay Microsoft for the privilege of using Android on its devices — as you might expect from Nikon, the devices in this case are cameras. (Microsoft's press release.)

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  1. Confusing press release without context by dmomo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's some info on the patents that Microsoft claims android is in violation of:

    http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/070611-microsoft-android.html

    1. Re:Confusing press release without context by inode_buddha · · Score: 5, Informative

      Re-posting this as a non-AC so that everyone sees it:

      "And as a follow-up to that article from 1.5 years ago, be it noted that when B&N hung tough, and was willing to go to court, MS "settled" by investing $300M in a joint venture, and they became good buddies who were not going to have such silly squabbles any more.

      Interesting that they have not gone after Apple's iOS on a lot of those same "patents" - have they?

      YMMV"

      MS *really* doesn't want to go to court over these patents, nor do they want anybody knowing exactly what they are about... As for the FAT patents? Those were unenforcable long ago. http://www.geek.com/articles/law/microsoft-fat-patent-shot-down-2004101

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