Perhaps the mobile operating system Microsoft has a very small share of the market, but that does not mean that the company does not make huge money from sales. It has become popular in recent years large companies to buy more patent licenses, which do not have a great number of licenses of patents that are not theirs, something that is the whole purpose of patenting an invention.
Microsoft owns certain patents related to the Android operating system, and appliance manufacturers and pay the company a certain amount for each unit sold. In 2013, Microsoft had more than $ 1 billion revenue only from such contracts.
Given the fact that Samsung is the largest maker of mobile phones, or was at least the past two years, the money that the company should pay Microsoft's huge. They had contracted before the huge popularity of Samsung phones, after which the company regularly paid by the required amount.
After the purchase of Nokia by Microsoft, Samsung decided to stop paying premiums for every Android device sold, and the new ownership of the company decided to emphasize the reason why it is no longer necessary.
The dispute reached the courts, and the last since last summer. From Samsung said that if one can find a solution to the dispute they would consider presenting a new device with the operating system from Microsoft.
Yesterday companies through brief statement informed that have come to a solution of the dispute within the courts in the United States. More information on what is agreed will, so it is unclear whether Samsung will continue to pay a certain amount for their devices or reach some other agreement.
However, the purchase of a number of patent licenses became normal and many times you can read about litigation between large companies. The possibility of patenting was invented so that he has discovered something new, to protect certain period while able to collect their work. At no time was conceived as an opportunity to sell the patents to companies that have nothing to do with them and use them for profit and negotiations between competitors.
