Microsoft, HTC Reach Patent Licensing Deal for Android Phones
May 07, 2010
Microsoft said on April 28 that it has reached
an agreement with Taiwanese Smartphone manufacturer HTC, allowing HTC to use
Microsoft technologies in its Android-platform phones, the Seattle Times
reported. The licensing deal, coming on the heels of Apple's patent
infringement lawsuit against HTC in April, will clear the use of Microsoft
patents in HTC's Google Android-based Smartphones. Aside from Android-based devices,
HTC is expected to produce phones operating on Microsoft's next-generation
mobile platform, Windows Phone 7, too. The licensing deal reached on April 28
is seen to prevent possible patent dispute over HTC's new Windows-based phones.