"Microsoft has a vast number of Android patent licensing agreements with device makers worldwide, but a Samsung court case has put a figure on exactly how much money the software giant makes from Android. Samsung paid Microsoft $1 billion in patent-licensing royalties last year, a huge sum that has the pair locked in a legal battle over contracts. Samsung originally signed its patent deal with Microsoft in 2011, ahead of its impressive dominance of Android shipments..."
Saturday, October 04, 2014
$1 billion patents licensing: Samsung (Android)=>Microsoft
Microsoft earned $1 billion from Samsung Android patent licensing last year | The Verge:
"Microsoft has a vast number of Android patent licensing agreements with device makers worldwide, but a Samsung court case has put a figure on exactly how much money the software giant makes from Android. Samsung paid Microsoft $1 billion in patent-licensing royalties last year, a huge sum that has the pair locked in a legal battle over contracts. Samsung originally signed its patent deal with Microsoft in 2011, ahead of its impressive dominance of Android shipments..."
"Microsoft has a vast number of Android patent licensing agreements with device makers worldwide, but a Samsung court case has put a figure on exactly how much money the software giant makes from Android. Samsung paid Microsoft $1 billion in patent-licensing royalties last year, a huge sum that has the pair locked in a legal battle over contracts. Samsung originally signed its patent deal with Microsoft in 2011, ahead of its impressive dominance of Android shipments..."
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