With Foxconn, a Taiwanese manufacturer Android And has performed patent licensing agreements for the Chrome operating system Microsoft. Although no official announcement has been made by the two companies, the world’s largest contract manufacturing company recently signed the agreement. Google If you make a device powered by these two operating systems, you will pay a certain amount of royalty to Microsoft. As you may know, Foxconn makes up about 40 percent of the world’s consumer electronics products, which are made in factories in other countries, including China.

HTC, Samsung, LG, Sharp and other companies that take manufacturing services from Foxconn, including Acer, have also agreed to pay royalties. Technology site ARS Technica According to the report, Foxconn has emerged as the largest patent licensee of Windows manufacturer through this agreement.

Microsoft earns several times more than Windows Mobile through patent licensing of Android devices!

However, several OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) such as Acer already have Microsoft There are similar agreements executed by those who make products from Foxconn. In all cases, Redmond will collect a one-time royalty for each device. In that case, both parties will decide which party (OEM company or Foxconn) will pay.

Hon-Hai-owned Foxconn has already been embroiled in a patent dispute. Microsoft. Foxconn sued Barnes & Noble in 2011 for creating “Nook E-Reader” Windows Developer.

However, Redmond has denied that Google’s software code uses Microsoft’s patented technology. The search service provider. But the web giant’s Motorola Mobility has already lost a number of related patent cases, with other companies already seeking solutions.