Xbox 360 ban: Microsoft rejects Motorola settlement

[Alby_da_Wolf]

kanageddaamen said:

Alby_da_Wolf said:
Motorola is accused of being greedy for how much it asks from MS. How much does MS ask from Android phones producers?

The only thing I could find is HTC supposedly pays them $5 in licensing fees per phone.

I read it asked Samsung up to $15 per phone, but I don't know how much they did settle on. So it looks like MS too asks for quite consiistent sums, if every patent holder asked for similar amounts, a smartphone should cost thousands dollars just to pay royalties. And this is where the system is totally fucked up, smaller companies with little bargaining power can be crushed and put out of business through patent lawsuits.