Company Samsung, is in a state of permanent war with patent Apple, now have to fight even with Microsoft. Corporation of Redmond appealed to the New York court with a lawsuit accusing the South Korean manufacturer in violation of the terms of the cross-licensing of patents.
An agreement that the company entered into in 2011, Samsung paid annually Microsoft so-called royalty - license fee for the operating system Android, which runs on most gadgets Samsung, used American technology corporation.
In the lawsuit, Microsoft states that in 2013 the Koreans stopped list royalty, and then refused to pay interest on late payments. Samsung rejection of agreements on patent explains that Microsoft violated an agreement first, acquired in April this year, the Finnish company Nokia business to produce mobile devices.
According to analysts, in the past year, Microsoft, which has a similar patent agreements with other leading manufacturers, has received nearly $ 2 billion for the use of its technology in Android.
Samsung is no stranger to assert patent rights in court. For several years, almost continuously suing Apple, however, does it not always successful. In particular, in May this year, the U.S. federal court in San Jose convicted of violating patents both companies. But this time with Samsung in favor of Apple sought nearly $ 120 million, and in the opposite direction - only $ 158,000.