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Microsoft Signs Android Patent-Licensing Deal With Luna Mobile

Microsoft Signs Android Patent-Licensing Deal With Luna Mobile

WASHINGTON DC- Microsoft has signed an Android patent-licensing deal with Tampa, Fla.-based Luna Mobile. Luna Mobile offers a line of mobile phones, accessories, and other mobile devices, and services it sells under the Luna brand. Unlike other recent Microsoft patent-licensing deals, the new arrangement does not include any app/service-bundling relationship between Luna Mobile and Microsoft. The patent collaboration comes as Luna Mobile prepares to release a new line of smartphones and telecommunication services later this year. Although Microsoft has not stopped collecting patent royalties from Android vendors, the company is less intent on proclaiming it is using its Windows patents as leverage against Android vendors. "Microsoft is committed to empowering people all over the world to increase their productivity, and that's what this new collaboration with Luna Mobile is all about," says Mr. Nick Psyhogeos, president of Microsoft Technology Licensing in a statement. He added, "Luna Mobile is at an exciting place right now, and its partnership with Microsoft on patents will usher in the kind of innovation needed to deliver enhanced features and user experiences for customers all over the world."