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March 22, 2007
Microsoft & Fuji Xerox
Microsoft
announced yesterday evening that it had eloped with Fuji Xerox, inking a broad
patent cross-licensing agreement. From it, Fuji Xerox obtains peace of mind for
its software, some of which includes a Linux base. Microsoft gets to stick Fuji
Xerox technology into Office as it pleases. Terms of the deal were not
disclosed.
"We are pleased to be able to reach a broad, mutually beneficial patent agreement with Microsoft that respects each company’s patent portfolio, encourages greater interoperability and provides valuable protection for the customers of each company’s products and services," mewed Kiyoshi Saito, senior vice president of Fuji Xerox.
"Both Fuji Xerox and Microsoft have a strong commitment to innovation, and the broad patent agreement will give us both the freedom to continue developing and building technologies that will ultimately work better together," thumped Brad Smith, Microsoft senior vice president, general counsel, corporate secretary, and THE MAN about campus.
Fuji Xerox is owned by FujiFilm Holdings and Xerox. Microsoft is owned by Bill Gates, his pals, and financial sycophants numbering in the hundreds of thousands.
Posted by Patent Hawk at March 22, 2007 11:18 AM | Patents In Business