In recent months, Microsoft has created agreements with companies that make Android phones. Although the exact terms of the agreements are not disclosed, the company says are related to the potential problems of intellectual property system, which conflict with certain patents of which MS owns.
The Redmond giant then offers to manufacturers a licensing opportunity to avoid possible litigation. Four manufacturers have agreed to pay Microsoft for licenses, including HTC. But now the maker of Windows goes after a bigger fish.
According to sources from Korean newspaper Maeil Business, Samsung is the latest target of Microsoft's licensing industry. But the agreement for a patent for this particular manufacturer seems a bit exaggerated: Microsoft allegedly requested the agreement to pay $ 15 in royalties per unit Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung.
The sources said Samsung will probably try to reduce this value to $ 10 in exchange for the development of more devices with Windows Phone 7. But none of the companies declined to comment when questioned values.
We only know that Microsoft has a very extensive patent portfolio in order to force the creation of these agreements and earn some money with the competition. The question is whether the creator of Windows at some point plan to go after Google.
