"Microsoft and Google are pleased to announce an agreement on patent issues. As part of the agreement, the companies will dismiss all pending patent infringement litigation between them, including cases related to Motorola Mobility. "

That's different than cancelling outstanding lawsuits.

"Separately, Google and Microsoft have agreed to collaborate on certain patent matters and anticipate working together in other areas in the future to benefit our customers."

Last time I heard that was with Apple and was more like "I won't sue you for this and you won't sue me for that"

Oh, they absolutely did. Now they also threaten companies with lawsuits unless they install their own apps on Android devices [1]. I didn't say it was for the better. How this doesn't immediately alarm the anti-trust bodies for using patents to force companies to buy its products is still a puzzle to me.

Microsoft loves the rigged patent game and it's exploiting every minute of it, while fighting hard to ensure it stays this way [2] and also doing its best to make the copyright system worse, as well [3].

[1] http://www.pcworld.com/article/2988525/android/microsoft-str...

[2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2013/11/20...

[3] http://www.infoworld.com/article/2613305/patents/microsoft--...

If you really care, please stop using any company's products that do this.