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Microsoft Increases Android Patent Licensing Reach

Posted by Soulskill on from the if-you-can't-beat-'em,-bleed-'em dept.

BrianFagioli writes: Microsoft may not be winning in the mobile arena, but they're still making tons of money from those who are. Patent licensing agreements net the company billions each year from device makers like Samsung, Foxconn, and ZTE. Now, Microsoft has added another company to that list: Qisda Corp. They make a number of Android and Chrome-based devices under the Qisda brand and the BenQ brand, and now Microsoft will be making money off those, too.

2 of 103 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Paying for... by duke_cheetah2003 · · Score: 4, Informative

    What are the actual MS patents for which these Android companies are paying royalties? TFS and every one of TFAs don't say, don't even hint.

    Look here?

  2. Help make a wiki page about it by ciaran2014 · · Score: 4, Informative

    I tried to make a more readable version of similar data on this wiki page:

    http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Micro...

    Help appreciated.

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