Google shells Microsoft: Patent authorization is extortion

Microsoft and Samsung reached a broad patent cross-authorization agreement on Wednesday. The Android smartphones and tablets that Samsung ships must pay the license fee to Microsoft, A Google spokesman compared Microsoft's transaction to extortion ".

A Google spokesman said in an email statement sent to the media: "We have seen that Microsoft has used this tactic many times. They cannot succeed in the smartphone market, so they use legal measures to extort profits from other manufacturers and impede the process of innovation. We are still focused on developing new technologies to support our android partners ."

Prior to Google's acquisition of Motorola mobile, Google's chief legal adviser David Drummond also made a similar comment on Microsoft's strategy, he believed that patent litigation or "tax" on smartphones. The Google spokesman used a stronger tone of extortion.

However, Google is also using the patent authorization method.AlgorithmThe most primitive patent belongs to Stanford University, but Google exchanged the patent for some common shares of Stanford University. Google also reached an authorization agreement with Yahoo in 2004 on patent rights for advertising services.

In addition, Microsoft began to use the intellectual property authorization method as early as the smart machine era. Therefore, patent authorization for Android is not Microsoft's new strategy. As early as the beginning of this century, Microsoft reached a patent authorization agreement with other open-source software such as Linux, and Microsoft and Samsung reached a similar agreement in 2007.

Because Google's major innovation in Android lies in its business model, which allows operators and mobile phone manufacturers to customize Android, Google is very angry with Microsoft's patent attack.

Because Motorola has not yet reached a patent authorization agreement with Microsoft, Google may reject Microsoft's authorization requirements, and the two sides will fight again in court.