Sunday, 23 Octorber 2011

Microsoft says that it has signed a patent agreement with Compal Electronics that provides broad coverage under Microsoft's portfolio for Compal's tablets, mobile phones, e-readers and other consumer devices running the Android or Chrome Platform.

Although the contents of the agreement have not been disclosed, the parties indicate that Microsoft will receive royalties from Compal under the agreement.

"We are pleased to have reached this agreement with Compal, one of the leaders in the original design manufacturing, or ODM, industry. Together with the license agreements signed in the past few months with Wistron and Quanta Computer, today's agreement with Compal means more than half of the world's ODM industry for Android and Chrome devices is now under license to Microsoft's patent portfolio," Horacio Gutierrez, corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, Intellectual Property Group at Microsoft wrote in a brief statement.