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Re: [LUG] Microsoft signs patent agreement with HTC over Android phones

 

Rob Beard wrote:
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/29/microsoft_htc_linux_patents/
> 
> I wonder what Google think about this?

I do to.

On the otherhand until the details are public it probably amounts to
something like:

Microsoft give HTC X million
HTC give Microsoft X cent per phone.
Microsoft get to crow about how they own patents.
HTC make money, assuming they invest the money wisely and don't sell
phones too quickly.

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