Microsoft Now Collects Royalties From Over Half of All Android Devices

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Microsoft has inked a deal with Compal Electronics (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/24/microsoft_compal_patent_deal/), which pumps out gadgets that run Android and Chrome OS, for an undisclosed sum."Microsoft has an explanatory weblog post (http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_on_the_issues/archive/2011/10/23/microsoft-s-new-patent-agreement-with-compal-a-new-milestone-for-our-android-licensing-program.aspx); with this deal over half of all Android devices are licensing patents from Microsoft (http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2011/10/microsoft-collects-license-fees-on-50-of-android-devices-tells-google-to-wake-up.ars). Notably refusing to cooperate and instead opting for the court battle route are Motorola (http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/10/10/01/1936213/microsoft-sues-motorola-over-android-related-patent-infringement) and Barnes and Noble (http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/04/28/039255/bn-responds-to-microsofts-android-suit).

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