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Apple does not sue Palm/HP or RIM, because they are not threat. They are almost non-players. The only lawsuit Microsoft had against Android vendor was Barnes a
by vetinari 14y ago
Apple does not sue Palm/HP or RIM, because they are not threat. They are almost non-players.
The only lawsuit Microsoft had against Android vendor was Barnes and Noble. Which was settled out of court (by investing into B&N to shut them up). Other vendors license things like exFAT and ActiveSync. Some vendors (notably Motorola and Sony) do not pay anything to Microsoft.
- Apocryphon 14y agoApple isn't currently suing HTC, LG, or other manufacturers of Android phones.
- biafra 14y agoWhat? They are suing at least Samsung (the most successful Android vendor) all over the world.
- Apocryphon 14y agoI meant aside from Samsung.
- esolyt 14y agoThen again, Samsung is a much more significant competitor than all of them.
- makomk 14y agoI guess that arguably trying to get HTC banned from importing any of their phones into the US isn't "suing" them, but it's still pretty damn hostile to both them and to competition in the smartphone market: http://www.bgr.com/2012/06/06/apple-htc-patent-lawsuit-us-ban/ http://www.bgr.com/2012/06/06/apple-htc-patent-lawsuit-us-ba...
- slantyyz 14y agoIIRC, HTC settled up and is paying a license fee. There is no way for Barnes and Noble to be the only one paying, since it is widely known that MS makes more from Android makers than it does from Windows Phone.
- vetinari 14y agoI wrote "lawsuit", not "licensors". There was only one lawsuit, and it was settled before information was leaked. Others license voluntarily, but we still don't know, what exactly. It is just educated guess that it is exFAT and ActiveSync, because exact licensing conditions are under NDA.