Microsoft and Samsung are about to bring each other to court for Android

In a blog post, Microsoft announced that it will sue Samsung for not paying for the use of patents that Microsoft owns that relate to Android-based phones and tablets based on Android. signed earlier with Samsung in 2011.

On August 1, Microsoft filed a complaint against Samsung in New York's Southern Court, Microsoft said: "This legal action is simply to enforce our contract with Samsung. "

Microsoft is angry with Samsung

Microsoft said that Samsung only complied with licensing agreements for a number of Android patents that they signed until the end of last year when its Android sales quadrupled since the deal began. head. However, from then on, Samsung began to show indifference and refused to pay fees to Microsoft.

" After becoming a leader in the smartphone market worldwide, at the end of last year, Samsung decided not to comply with our agreements, " Microsoft said.

According to David Howard, vice president of the company and deputy general counsel for Microsoft, Samsung is looking for a way out of the contract and they are using the acquisition of Microsoft's Nokia devices and services as a reason. Because to think that this contract is no longer valid.

Samsung often has many legal problems

Similar legal battles have also happened between Samsung and Google after Google acquired Motorola but it was resolved when Google sold Motorola to Lenovo.