HTC to pay Microsoft for protection from Apple

and is certainli Inflatable Arch go to be interest to watchMG Siegler think thi could mean that Microsoft is offer up some level of patent protect to HTC who is veri patent-poor. Do thi inadvert help Google..

it seem pretti straight forward Microsoft is nervou abut Android,A t first glance. and thei want to show that thei won t hesit to throw around their patents. But is that what s realli happening? TechCrunch ha a differ take on the story.

thei have some interest word that almost make it look like thei ar tag-team with HTC to help fight the evil forc of the Apple who ha alreadi su HTC for patent infring recentlyIn Microsoft s statement..

Microsoft Corp. and HTC Corp. have sign a patent agreement that provid broad coverag under Microsoft s patent portfolio for HTC s mobil phone run the Android mobil platform