Microsoft, Hon Hai sign patent deal for Android, Chrome devices

Microsoft and Hon Hai Precision Industry signed a global patent licensing agreement on Wednesday designed to protect Hon Hai clients from patent claims arising from their use of Google’s Android and Chrome operating systems.

Google and Microsoft have been locked in patent battles, with Microsoft contending that the systems infringe its software patents. Microsoft has in the past chosen to pursue hardware makers rather than Google itself for royalties.

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