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Thursday, March 27, 2014

Microsoft signs Android royalty agreement with Dell

Microsoft signs Android royalty agreement with Dell: It has been widely reported that Microsoft makes perhaps as much as $2 billion per year in Android patent fees due to the patents it owns. Some of that is based on assuming certain factors, but one cannot help but appreciate the irony of Microsoft making money off of Android devices.



Microsoft apparently holds patents that it claims are relevant to Chrome OS as well, but that is something Google is understandably challenging. In the meantime, Microsoft has made it position clear to OEMs that make all these gadgets.



Among them, Dell, who has just signed a patent licensing agreement ...


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