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November 14, 2007

Another Friend

Microsoft has inked a broad patent cross-licensing agreement with Kyocera Mita, Japanese maker of printers, copiers, and Linux-based embedded devices. Since December 2003, when Microsoft finally figured out that licensing patents was a good idea, it has entered into more than 200 patent cross-licenses, and been sued for patent infringement at least twice that, doling out billions of dollars in damages and settlements.

Posted by Patent Hawk at November 14, 2007 11:12 PM | Patents In Business