[Bradford] Microsoft's FAT patent finally struck down in EU due to prior art from Linus Torvalds

[Brian A]

I was already aware of the Microsoft tax on Android phones. I didn't know
the specific reason was FAT, I thought it wasn't stated specifically, which
I think is what Microsoft has done with smaller companies. For example: We
have some patented software that you are using, do you want to pay us a fee
or would you like us to take you to court and ruin you?

So this is good news, it would be better if everywhere went the same as New
Zealand and simply banned software patents.
Brian


On 7 December 2013 10:43, Nick Rhodes <nick at ngrhodes.co.uk> wrote:

>
> http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/12/06/german-patent-ruling-threatens-microsofts-windows-phone-earnings-from-android/
>
>
> "In yet another round of the patent fights going on over smart phones we
> find that Microsoft has just been dealt a blow over the revenues it gains
> from Android hand sets. Yes, read that again, Microsoft MSFT +0.94% makes
> money out of many to most of the Android handsets out there. It’s a
> substantial chunk of revenue too. On the grapevine we’ve been told that HTC
> pays $5 a handset, Samsung perhaps as much as $10. We don’t know the total
> number as Microsoft doesn’t break it out in their accounts but books it in
> the same division as the Windows Phone licence revenues. And we’re all
> pretty sure that the Android royalties are larger in that division than the
> Windows Phone revenues."
>
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