Microsoft wants Samsung to pay smartphone license: report

Release Date 6 Jul, 2011 in Reuters

	Report: Microsoft wants $15 per Samsung Android handset CNET (blog) - Don Reisinger - 6 Jul, 2011 Microsoft has taken aim at another company in its bid to generate revenue off Android handsets. This time around, Microsoft has demanded that Samsung pay it $15 for every Android-based smartphone it sells, South Korea's Maeil Business ...
Microsoft Wants Samsung to Pay Up Forbes (blog) - 6 Jul, 2011 By MOBILEDIA Microsoft is seeking $15 for each Android device Samsung sells, highlighting the potentially lucrative profits patent litigation can gain in the tech industry. In targeting Samsung, the second largest handset maker in the world, ...
Microsoft Trying To Get $15 For Every Android Phone Samsung Sells (MSFT) San Francisco Chronicle - Matt Rosoff - 6 Jul, 2011 Microsoft is trying to convince Samsung to pay it $15 for every Android handset that it ships, but is willing to lower the price to $10 if Samsung deepens its commitment to Windows Phone. This is according to Reuters, quoting Taiwanese news sources. ...
Report: Microsoft goes after Samsung for Google Android fees The Seattle Times - Sharon Pian Chan - 6 Jul, 2011 Microsoft wants Samsung to pay up for using Google Android software on its phones, according to a Reuters report. Citing Korean media, the report says Microsoft wants Samsung to pay Microsoft $15 for each phone that uses Android software made by ...
	Microsoft's Newest Profit Center: Google Android Fox News - 6 Jul, 2011 After years of failures and bungles, Microsoft is finally making money in the handheld market -- but not in the way you'd think. Given the vast stable of patents the company has accumulated over the years, one of Microsoft's hottest new business ...
Bootup: Microsoft demands Android fees from Samsung Financial Post - 6 Jul, 2011 Should Samsung be required to pay Microsoft US$15 for every Android-based smartphone (such as the one pictured above) that it sells? Today in technology: Microsoft Corp. seeks US$15 for every smartphone running Google Inc.'s Android platform made by ...
Report: Microsoft wants $15 from Samsung for every Android handset made ZDNet (blog) - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - 6 Jul, 2011 Microsoft is squeezing the Android patent cash cow as hard as it can, with Samsung in the firing line this time. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is an internationally published technology author who has ...
Microsoft signs up Wistron and eyes Samsung for Android licenses Inquirer - Lawrence Latif - 6 Jul, 2011 SOFTWARE LICENCE FLOGGER Microsoft is doing rather well out of Google's Android, managing to snap up another company to make money from Google's operating system. The Vole has announced that Wistron, a firm that designs and ...
Microsoft wants Samsung to pay smartphone license: report Reuters - Miyoung Kim, Chris Lewis - 6 Jul, 2011 SEOUL (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp has demanded that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd pay $15 for each smartphone handset it makes based on Google Inc's Android operating system as the software giant has a wide range of patents used in the mobile platform, ...
Microsoft cuts Android licensing deal with Wistron ZDNet UK - Jay Greene - 6 Jul, 2011 Microsoft announced a patent licensing deal on Tuesday with Wistron, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer of Android devices. It's small, it's simple and it's useful. The ZDNet UK app is available for download ...
	Microsoft, Wistron ink Android patent deal CNET - Jay Greene - ‎Jul 5, 2011‎ Microsoft announced today the fourth patent-licensing deal in two weeks with a maker of Android devices, announcements timed perhaps to suggest that it has some momentum for its claims that Google's mobile operating system violates ...
Microsoft adds Android and Chrome OS OEM Wistron to its patent-protection roster ZDNet (blog) - Mary Jo Foley - ‎Jul 5, 2011‎ It looks like Microsoft is going to continue to roll out, one by one, the names of Android OEMs which have agreed to sign patent-protection deals with the company. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry ...
Electronics company Wistron pays Microsoft for Google Android The Seattle Times - Sharon Pian Chan - ‎Jul 5, 2011‎ Another company that makes products using Google's free Android software will pay Microsoft for the privilege. Microsoft and Wistron, an original design manufacturer in Taiwan, said Tuesday they have signed a license agreement where Wistron will pay ...
	Samsung Android Fork Up $45M To Keep Microsoft W7 Sweet? SmartHouse - Oonagh Reidy - 6 Jul, 2011 Microsoft are said to be demanding payment of $15 per handset for all Samsung Android's sold. The reason? Patents. As per usual. Microsoft are said to be claiming royalties from all Samsung phones sold under the ...
Can Android be Microsoft's next $1 billion business? GigaOm - Ryan Kim - 6 Jul, 2011 Google last year said Android is a $1 billion business. Microsoft, it seems, may have similar plans for Google's mobile operating system. Thanks to a barrage of patent licensing agreements with Android ...
	Report: Microsoft chases Samsung over Android, seeking $15 per phone GeekWire - Todd Bishop - 6 Jul, 2011 That's three times the amount that Microsoft reportedly gets from HTC under an Android licensing deal struck by the company last year. But as explained by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley, the figure quoted in the report this morning is more likely a negotiating ...
Microsoft's secret smartphone sauce: Google's Android? Good Morning Silicon Valley (blog) - 6 Jul, 2011 Today, there's fresh evidence that the clash of titans Microsoft and Google is alive and well, via a report that Microsoft is going after Samsung over Android smartphones. Reuters says �" based on a report in a South Korean newspaper �" that Microsoft is ...
Hijacking Android, one manufacturer at a time ITworld.com - Brian Proffitt - 6 Jul, 2011 Fifteen bucks doesn't sound like a lot of money, until you remember that Google's Android is basically available for free for each device. So to a company like Samsung, which analysts estimate churns out roughly 80 million ...
	Report: Microsoft to earn $15 every time Samsung sells an Android phone EuroDroid - 6 Jul, 2011 We've already mentioned the bizarre news about how much Microsoft earns in licensing fees every time HTC sells an Android phone �" now the software giant is set to strike again. According to Reuters today, Microsoft is pursuing Samsung for licensing ...
	Microsoft wants Samsung to pay $15 per Android device they make MobileSyrup.com - Ian Hardy - 6 Jul, 2011 After succeeding a few times in reaching license agreements from various Android manufacturers (HTC, Velocity Micro and General Dynamics), Microsoft is now going after Samsung. ...
Microsoft wants $15 for every Samsung Android device sold Afterdawn.com - Andre Yoskowitz - 6 Jul, 2011 Following its recent trend of pressuring handset makers to pay up, Microsoft is demanding that Samsung pay $15 to the software giant for each Android smartphone they build. Microsoft has a large range of patents used in Android and has already gotten ...
Samsung to "pay Microsoft $15" for each Android phone PC Pro - 6 Jul, 2011 By Reuters Microsoft has reportedly demanded that Samsung pay $15 for each Android smartphone handset it makes as the software giant has a wide range of patents used in the mobile platform. Samsung would likely seek to lower the payment to about $10 in ...
Microsoft wants Samsung to pay $15 for each Android phone it makes VentureBeat - Sean Ludwig - 6 Jul, 2011 Microsoft has requested that Samsung pay $15 for each Android phone it manufactures, according to a Reuters report. Microsoft is sitting on many patents related to Android, and it is using those patents to help earn millions of dollars each year. ...
	Microsoft demands royalties for every Samsung droid made GSMArena.com - 6 Jul, 2011 Microsoft is demanding Samsung to cash in $15 for every Android phone sold to date on the base of using several of Microsoft's patents in these devices. HTC as the first company to give in to Microsoft claims and Samsung is now next. ...
Microsoft demands $15 on each Samsung smartphone THINQ.co.uk - Stewart Meagher - 6 Jul, 2011 Microsoft is demanding that Korean mobile maker Samsung hands over $15 for every Android-powered handset it sells. The software giant says that the open source Android operating system contains a wide range of its own patents and, as such, ...
Rumor Mill: Microsoft wants Samsung to pay $15 for every Android phone it sells FierceWireless - Phil Goldstein - 6 Jul, 2011 Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) wants Samsung to pay up to $15 for every phone it sells running Google's (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android platform, according to a report in South Korean media. The Maeil Business Newspaper report, citing unnamed industry officials, ...
Microsoft Demands Samsung Pay $15 Royalties For Every Android Phone It Sells Gizmodo - 6 Jul, 2011 Kat Hannaford �"HTC's beginning to look like it got a good deal the other month, paying just $5 to Microsoft for every Androidphone it sells, compared to Samsung's $15. These royalties are based on patents Microsoft holds, which Samsung's utilizing for ...
	Microsoft demands $15 per Samsung Android phone shipped Geek.com - Matthew Humphries - 6 Jul, 2011 When Android started to get picked up by a number of major manufacturers to use in their phones and tablets, we all rightly thought Microsoft would be on its back foot. If it wasn't for patents the company probably would be, but as it stands, ...
	Microsoft wants $15 from Samsung per Android device Ubergizmo - Tyler Lee - 6 Jul, 2011 As most of already know, Android is currently the leading platform for smartphones with Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 trailing extremely far behind, although Microsoft hopes that will change with their Mango update and ...
Microsoft wants $15 for every Samsung Android device Bizjournals.com - 6 Jul, 2011 Connect with us on our Facebook page for all the latest technology news headlines and commentary, plus information and access to special TechFlash events. Microsoft has claimed that the Android OS infringes on intellectual property. ...