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  • Chinese Government Reveals Microsoft’s Secret List of Android-Killer Patents

    by Ben Pearson
    June 16th, 2014

    Microsoft makes and estimated $1 – $2 billion a year from royalties associated with Android OS due to the exceptionally large patent portfolio they have built. Untill now, the patents they used to force royalty payments from manufacturers of Android devices had been kept secret, but it has now been revealed by the Chinese Government.

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