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Microsoft drops patent hammer on Kyocera

Posted by BernardSwiss on Mar 13, 2015 10:07 AM EDT
Ars Technica; By Joe Mullin

Microsoft has long maintained that Android device makers must pay royalties for use of its patents. Most Android device-makers pay a royalty to Microsoft for each phone, and estimates of the Redmond company's patent-licensing revenue ranges up to $2 billion per year.

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