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Flush with success, Microsoft hopes Samsung will be its next Android patent bounty

Jul 06, 2011 Cellpex, United States, Ohio - admin



Wistron? Check. HTC? Double-check. Velocity Micro? Been there. Itronix? Done that. Microsoft has found plenty of corporate entities willing to be wooed with its patent-waving ways, and the company hopes the next notch on its bedpost will be a big one: Samsung. Reuters is reporting that Microsoft is after a $15 bounty per Android handset sold, which, if already in place, would have put Sammy $45 million in the hole thanks to the Galaxy S II's successes. Why would Samsung agree to such terms? It's possible Microsoft is requiring that this agreement be put in place for companies that want to produce Windows 8 tablets. Or, maybe it's just because everybody else is playing along. Nobody likes a follower, Samsung, nobody.Flush with success, Microsoft hopes Samsung will be its next Android patent bounty originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.Permalink   |  Reuters  | Email this | Comments

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