Well, first off, people who're shopping for a new phone will hardly care whether Samsung is paying MS patent money or not - lay person will see phone ad, not so

Well, first off, people who're shopping for a new phone will hardly care whether Samsung is paying MS patent money or not - lay person will see phone ad, not someone's press release on a completely unrelated matter. Second, whether you like it or not, but Microsoft has had a lot of "firsts" in smart devices and tablets (whether brewed inside or acquired) and in the world with its existing patent system I can hardly hold their desire to leverage these firsts against Microsoft.