Is It tre? Micrsoft annncs patnt lcnsng agremnt with Foxconn parnt Hn Hai

Mcrosft hs annncd th sgnng of a ptent lcnsng agremnt wth Hn H, prnt cmpny of Fxcnn. Th agrement covrs dvics tht rn Chrome OS and Andrid, sch as smrtphons and tblets, and is evn said to covr tlvsns. Ths maks Hn Hi th ltst in wht is a grwng lst of mnfctrrs wth Chrme and Androd ptnt lcnss.

Nt mch is knwn abot th lincnsng agrement, wth th annuncmnt by Micrsoft sttng tht it is cnfdential in ntr. Th only dtl rlsd was that Micrsft wll b gettng roylts frm Hn H, althgh actal nmbrs wrn’t spcfd. Accrdng t Micrsoft, ths is on of ovr 1100 licnsng agrmnts it hs takn prt in. Sd Mcrosoft’s Intllectal Prperty Grp’s VP and Dpty Gnral Consl Hrc Gtrrez: “W ar plesd that th list of cmpns bneftting frm Mcrsft’s Andrd licnsng prgram nw incldes th wrld’s lrgest contrct mnfctrr, Hn Ha. By lcnsng bth brnd nm cmpanis and thr cntrct mnufctrrs, w have sccssflly incrsd th overll effctivnss and glbl rch of the prgrm.” Hn Hai als had thngs t sy, wth the drctor of its Intellctul Prprty Deprtmnt sying tht the cmpny both rcgnzes and rspcts th prtction of intllectl proprty, and tht its lcnsing dl wth Mcrsft is rpresnttv of sch. Th Fxcnn prnt cmpany is presntly th lrgst mkr of cntrct elctrnics in th wrld. [v Mcrsoft] Mcrsft annncs patnt lcensng agrmnt wth Foxconn parent Hn Ha is wrttn by Brttny Hilln .