วันเสาร์ที่ 27 เมษายน พ.ศ. 2556
The software giant, Microsoft, stated if it has made a patent
deal with companies that make 80 percent of Android phones sold in the United
States and most of them sold worldwide.
As we know, the software giant has been expanding its
technology that does affect almost in all latest technologies or devices. In
its lunge of continuing journey toward making up deals with every major Android
and Chrome device making company, Microsoft declared on Tuesday a
patent-licensing agreement with Chinese manufacturer ZTE.
On the deal signed by Microsoft and ZTE, there is an
agreement that grants ZTE a license to Microsoft’s worldwide patent portfolio
for ZTE phones, computers, tablets, and other devices made by ZTE that run
Android and Chrome OS. According to the latest information, Microsoft didn’t
disclose about if ZTE would pay royalties or the amount it might have to pay
under the agreement.
Last week, Microsoft published a similar deal with Foxconn’s
parent company, Hon Hai. Microsoft Vice President and General Counsel Horacio
Gutierrez said, "Much of the current litigation in the so-called
'smartphone patent wars' could be avoided if companies were willing to
recognize the value of others' creations in a way that is fair". "At Microsoft, experience has
taught us that respect for intellectual-property rights is a two-way street,
and we have always been prepared to respect the rights of others just as we
seek respect for our rights”, they added.
Gutierrez underlined if Microsoft has paid patent holders
more than $4 billion over the last decade for securing rights of products it
makes. Though Microsoft has professed that Android and Chrome violated on its
patents, it has not accused Google, which created both OS. Instead, Microsoft’s
reach agreements with several hardware makers including Acer, Compal
Electronics, HTC, Wistron, and Quanta Computer. Microsoft states if 80 percent
of Android smartphones sold in the U.S and moreover, a majority of the products
that have been sold worldwide are covered under the patent agreements with the
company.
An additional information announced by Google that neither of
the operating systems (Android and Chrome) infringes on Microsoft’s patents.
