Microsoft accused of the user interface of Google Android platform violating its patents.
In a statement, HTC said that the agreement like this is nothing unusual in the telecommunications industry. However, HTC does not reveal details about financial matters. Microsoft spokesman also declined comment.
From the time the agreement was signed until now, HTC has sold 30 million Android phones. This means that Microsoft had “pocketed” $ 150 million from the achievement of the HTC and Android.
Meanwhile, also in the time period, Microsoft sold 2 million copies of Windows Rights Phone, with revenues of about $ 30 million (provisional Phone spending per Windows license costs 15 USD).
After the agreement between Microsoft and HTC was signed, July 10/2010, the U.S. software maker Motorola filed a lawsuit against copyright infringement by Google Andoid Microsoft platform.
Also related to copyright issues, software maker Oracle has also sued Google claiming Google Android using Java code in the process of developing this mobile platform. Java is a programming language from Sun Microsystems, Oracle acquired in April 2009, with $ 7.4 billion.
Source:vietnamandroid.com
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