Microsoft announced on Wednesday (25) who signed one of those patent licensing agreements with manufacturers of Android devices. The agreement was signed with Taiwan's Pegatron. Thus the Redmond company already has contracts with four of the five largest producers of Android devices in the city, which means it receives a small fee for no less than 70% of phones sold in the U.S. platform.
The amounts involved in the negotiation, as always, were not disclosed. But the tactic of MS is already known. The company comes into contact with manufacturers of Android devices (and Chrome, say by the way) and says that owns about 15 patents used in devices of the little robot. To get rid of headaches court the manufacturer agrees to pay certain amount to Microsoft every Android device sold.
So far the tactic has worked. Companies like Compal, HTC, Samsung, Quanta, Wistron, and LG has signed licensing agreements for patents Android with Microsoft in the past, which makes the Redmond company has more than whoever bill with the platform.
In 2011 Google announced the purchase of Motorola, interested in expanding the number of patents for mobile devices that has in its portfolio. The idea of the web giant was offering legal advice to partners, but good to note that not everyone is willing to fight: the Pegatron is a subsidiary of Asus, who earns good money selling computers and tablet computers running Microsoft products.
The amounts involved in the negotiation, as always, were not disclosed. But the tactic of MS is already known. The company comes into contact with manufacturers of Android devices (and Chrome, say by the way) and says that owns about 15 patents used in devices of the little robot. To get rid of headaches court the manufacturer agrees to pay certain amount to Microsoft every Android device sold.
So far the tactic has worked. Companies like Compal, HTC, Samsung, Quanta, Wistron, and LG has signed licensing agreements for patents Android with Microsoft in the past, which makes the Redmond company has more than whoever bill with the platform.
In 2011 Google announced the purchase of Motorola, interested in expanding the number of patents for mobile devices that has in its portfolio. The idea of the web giant was offering legal advice to partners, but good to note that not everyone is willing to fight: the Pegatron is a subsidiary of Asus, who earns good money selling computers and tablet computers running Microsoft products.
