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Re:Microsoft wants Samsung to pay it $15 for each Android ha... by Zaim2 on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @08:16AM (#2733503)
Well, they did have cross licensing agreement with Microsoft back in 2007, but that didn't cover telecommunications.

http://news.cnet.com/Microsoft%2C-Samsung-in-patent-swap-dea...

Maybe the they'll choose to go to court this time, as Samsung is well armed patent wise. MS' objective is clear: to make the cost of Android greater than the cost of a Windows phone license, so the "free" advantage is no longer is valid.

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Re:Microsoft wants Samsung to pay it $15 for each Android ha... by Tyrannosaurs on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @11:42AM (#2734384)
These patents have already been tested in court by other Android handset manufacturers and MS won. Samsung would only be increasing the cost, reducing the likelihood of a favourable partnership deal and postponing the inevitable.
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Re:Microsoft wants Samsung to pay it $15 for each Android ha... by Zaim2 on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @11:56AM (#2734457)
Do you have links/sources?

I only know of Barnes & Noble and Motorola fighting against MS, afaik everyone else immediately settled.

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Re:Microsoft wants Samsung to pay it $15 for each Android ha... by Hoff on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @12:25PM (#2734595)
That's not the way that patent cross-licensing works.
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Re:Microsoft wants Samsung to pay it $15 for each Android ha... by Tyrannosaurs on Wednesday July 06, 2011 @12:43PM (#2734693)
So you're saying that if one handset manufacturer had had a legal ruling against them for patent violations relating to Android that wouldn't create a legal precedent?
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