Licensing

27. April 2024

Research In Motion is dead

I saw from the inside and outside how RIM transformed the mobile landscape, and how the company even battled its own inner demons throughout the years. Here are my thoughts on the companys worst quarter in five years:
RIM grew incredibly fast. It grew faster than the company knew how to manage, and RIM slowly — and then quickly — slipped as a result. This is the company that used to make users choose between a device with Quelle: BGR… [weiterlesen]

Microsoft Is Ready To Hurt OnLive, The Cheap, Easy Way To Get Windows On An iPad (MSFT)

08.03.2012 20:23, businessinsider

We knew this was too good to be true.
The OnLive Desktop app allows you to easily and cheaply run Windows and Microsoft Office on your iPad. But Microsoft wasnt about to let that slide.
Microsoft is now suggesting that OnLive violates Microsofts licensing agreements and is going after the company.
In a blog post today, Microsofts Joe Matz, corporate vice president of Worldwide Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]

Microsoft Ups Its Legal War Against Google With A New Attack (MSFT, GOOG)

22.02.2012 19:00, businessinsider

The battle between Google and Microsoft used to be a back room affair. In the last year, its turned into an very ugly and public war of words.
Now, Microsoft is upping its legal war against Google as well.
This isnt the first time Microsoft has used the law to fight Google. 
Microsoft seeks license fees from Android resellers and is willing to sue those who dont comply. Last March, Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]

Microsoft Cleaning Up on Patent Licensing Fees

23.12.2011 17:38, TheStreet.com
The following commentary comes from an independent investor or market observer as part of TheStreets guest contributor program, which is separate from the companys news coverage.

NEW YORK (Trefis) — Microsoft has entered patent licensing deals with almost every major Android device manufacturer, including Samsung, Quanta, HTC and others. Motorola is one of the few Android Quelle: DAF… [weiterlesen]