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Jan
12
Microsoft now paid royalties on 70% of US Android smartphones
Microsoft now paid royalties on 70% of US Android smartphones.
Tag Archives: Microsoft
Oct
24
The Microsoft tax on Android
Think Android is free? Think again. Microsoft collects patent license fees on 50% of Android devices. Expect that number to go up as our friends in Redmond convince more and more manufacturers that they need to pay to protect themselves … Read More
Sep
28
If Android is truly free…
why is Samsung paying Microsoft royalties to license it? More importantly, why isn’t Google involved with this?
Sep
21
A Patent Attorney Explains How the ‘America Invents Act’ Will Affect Tech
Redmondmag does a Q&A with a patent attorney on the new the ‘America Invents Act’ bill. If you’re not familiar with it, President Obama signed the “America Invents Act” on Friday. It changes the U.S. patent system to a “first … Read More
Aug
31
Respect Explorer’s Heritage
While I agree with MG Siegler’s critique of the changes in Windows 8’s Explorer you have to keep in mind that Windows is not something a lot of users can choose not to use. It’s on the PCs they’re using … Read More
Aug
04
Google: Patents are bogus unless we own them
Paul Thurrott rips Google a new one for complaining about Apple and Microsoft’s patent portfolios being “bogus” while at the same time promising to build a similar patent portfolio.
