Microsoft Return ahold of Android Patents

Microsoft has signed a patent agreement with Taiwan's Compal Electronics, Compal on patent portfolio for all tablets, cell phones, e-Reader, and other consumer devices that run Android or Chrome platform.

As a result of the agreement, more than half of all Android devices have now been under patent license agreement with Microsoft. So that was reported by PC World.

More than half of the global industry contract manufacturers for Android and Chrome are now under license to Microsoft's patent portfolio. Microsoft has also mastered the previous Compal patents with two other contract manufacturers, Wistron and Quanta Computer.

Last month Microsoft announced the achievement of cross-licensing patent agreement with Samsung Electronics that gives Microsoft a royalty for Samsung mobile phones and tablets that run the Android platform.

After the agreement with Samsung, Microsoft now has a patent licensing agreement up to 53 percent of all Android smartphones in the United States.