The two companies have finally signed an agreement to end the dispute between them on the use of Microsoft patents that Android is used, the OS of Samsung devices.
head once it's over. Samsung, the world leader in smartphones, and Microsoft announced this February 10, 2015 an agreement to end their dispute over patents.
"Samsung and Microsoft are pleased to announce that they have settled their litigation in US courts," said a short statement signed by Jaewan Chi, Executive Vice President of Samsung, and David Howard, vice president of Microsoft.
The groups did not provide any details about the content of the regulation, citing confidentiality. So we will perhaps never how Samsung has agreed to pay and for how long.
Microsoft had launched in August 2014 a lawsuit against Samsung accusing them of violating their contract for the use of their patents in 2011. The South Korean group had at the time agreed to pay royalties to Microsoft for use mobile patents latter of which uses the Android operating system from Google.
A billion dollars
Microsoft accused him of not having honored timely payment scheduled for autumn 2013, after the announcement of the purchase by the American Nokia Finnish mobile phone manufacturer. Samsung had finally paid but refused to pay compensation for its late payment and threatened by Microsoft of violating the contract again.
According to documents provided to court, the agreement allowed the Redmond company to reach a billion South Korean group in 2013.
Major technological groups have multiplied in recent years complaints against each other for patent infringement. The most prominent battle was obviously one indulged Samsung and Apple, before the courts of several countries. The two giants, however, reached an agreement in August 2014 to give up their battle outside the United States.
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