Microsoft has licenses to patents issued to a number of companies that Android devices want to make. The company from Redmond will receive royalties per sold product. Previously, we showed that Microsoft gets money from HTC for patentgebruik.
Microsoft announced a deal with the company Winstrom, but recently there were also already signed agreements with Onkyo, General Dynamics Itronix and Velocity Micro. Although Microsoft no details announced, it is clear that the company for every sold Android-device a certain amount. By the deal to prevent the four companies a possible prosecution for patent infringement if they are mobile devices on Android sell.
Previously, we showed that the Microsoft deal had closed with HTC; per sold Android device get Microsoft 5 dollar Taiwanese smartphonefabrikant. Other phone manufacturers, who are not mentioned by name, would even be up to $ 12.50 per sold phone to pay. This earns the company from Redmond to the Android operating system, probably more than it’s own mobile operating system Windows Phone delivers.
Googles Android operating system are severely affected by patentenkwesties. Many makers of Android devices, including HTC, Motorola and Samsung, have been sued for patent infringement. Google was sued by Oracle, due to the violation of several Java patents. However, the American USPTO is now a large part thereof declared to be invalid.