At the time they were approached by MS they still had some contracts with MS for MS-devices...so I imagine MS stated license or loose our business..and remember

At the time they were approached by MS they still had some contracts with MS for MS-devices...so I imagine MS stated license or loose our business..and remember fighting a trivial patent is not easy as far as costs are concerned or the recovery of said costs in a court award.. IN HTC and Samsung cases I think MS device business is somewhat 15th of their total business??