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Microsoft claims that Samsung threatened to withhold royalty payments
 related to the Android operating system and is suing them over it 
according to a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">report</a> from the AP. It's
 the end of a deal that Microsoft and Samsung made back in 2011 where 
Samsung would pay royalties on Android patents and allow cross-licensing
 of patents.

Microsoft's patents are used by tech companies all over the world and
 its a steady stream of income that helps keep Microsoft the giant it 
is. It's not too surprising therefore that it is willing to go to court 
over it. There's far too much money at stake for for the company to let 
it go. $2 billion a year according to AP, and probably set to 
grow as that Android system takes up a bigger and bigger share of the 
mobile market. Right now, there are over 25 companies using the patents.

"We don’t take lightly filing a legal action, especially against a 
company with which we’ve enjoyed a long and productive partnership," 
wrote David Howard, Microsoft's deputy general counsel in a <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">blog post</a>
 on Friday. "Unfortunately, even partners sometimes disagree. After 
spending months trying to resolve our disagreement, Samsung has made 
clear in a series of letters and discussions that we have a fundamental 
disagreement as to the meaning of our contract."

According to Howard, it all started after Microsoft acquired Nokia. 
Apparently the royalty payments came later and then just stopped. 
Despite discussions and efforts to resolve things out of court, 
Microsoft apparently feels it has to turn to the justice system to get 
it all worked out.

"Microsoft and Samsung have a long history of collaboration," Howard 
wrote. "Microsoft values and respects our partnership with Samsung and 
expects it to continue. We are simply asking the Court to settle our 
disagreement, and we are confident the contract will be enforced."

Microsoft Suing Samsung for Not Paying Patent Royalties

Microsoft claims that Samsung threatened to withhold royalty payments related to the Android operating system and is suing them over it...