Microsoft, Google, and Apple talk up "fair and reasonable" patent license fees
Microsoft today issued a brief statement promising to make "essential patents" available to competitors at fair and reasonable licensing rates, and promised not to sue companies making products that infringe these patents. The actual patents themselves weren't disclosed, but Microsoft joins both Google and Apple in making recent statements on so-called fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing terms. Such licensing terms designate certain patents as essential to complying with industry standards, making them available for licensing at (supposedly) lower-than-usual rates.
Google, or at least someone close to the company, said earlier this week that it will continue offering Motorola Mobility ...
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