Did you know MS makes 2 billion a year on Android patents?

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t3g
t3g
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A rejoint: 05/15/2011

http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-earns-2-billion-per-year-from-android-patent-royalties-2013-11

After seeing that, I thought it was crazy that Microsoft STILL makes a lot of money from Android patents and is more than most of their products! I know a lot of you want to see software patents go and they probably won't as long as Microsoft has a hand in lobbying.

Here is another interesting stat:

"Sherlund says that if you back out the Android profits, Microsoft is probably losing $2.5 billion on Skype, Xbox, and Windows Phone. Of that, $2 billion in losses are attributable to the Xbox platform."

Sachin
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A rejoint: 06/02/2012

Once I used to know that patents were to protect someone's work after it
has been released in public, from plagiarism, misuse.

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Sachin Dey

On 07-11-2013 8:46 pm, name at domain wrote:
> http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-earns-2-billion-per-year-from-android-patent-royalties-2013-11
>
> After seeing that, I thought it was crazy that Microsoft STILL makes a
> lot of money from Android patents and is more than most of their
> products! I know a lot of you want to see software patents go and
> they probably won't as long as Microsoft has a hand in lobbying.
>
> Here is another interesting stat:
>
> "Sherlund says that if you back out the Android profits, Microsoft is
> probably losing $2.5 billion on Skype, Xbox, and Windows Phone. Of
> that, $2 billion in losses are attributable to the Xbox platform."

jxself
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A rejoint: 09/13/2010

Glad you now know that patents have absolutely nothing to do with that.

Sachin
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A rejoint: 06/02/2012

It really sucks that free countries have such a law sytem that takes
away the freedom of the people that built it.