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Google and Samsung agree to license each other's patents for 10 years

 

 

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Google and Samsung agree to license each other's patents for 10 years
1/26/2014 10:04:00 PM

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It's no secret that Google and Samsung need each other given that Samsung dominates Android device sales. It only makes sense, then, that the two companies have just struck a deal to license each other's patents for the next 10 years. In addition to accelerating product research, the agreement should reduce the chances for future patent lawsuits; anyone attacking one company now has to consider the other company's licensing arrangements. The move also suggests that Samsung isn't keen on burning any bridges -- even if it starts drifting away from Android, it should remain in Google's good books.

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