Microsoft signs another Android (and ChromeOS) patent deal

[ Thanks to Amy Bennett for this link. ]

The tone of Microsoft's press release on its patent agreement with Compal Electronics, Inc. was dry and unremarkable compared to the legal team's blog about the same agreement, which seemed positively bellicose in comparison.

The patent arrangement, made for undisclosed terms and undisclosed patents, was notable in that it also implicated ChromeOS as an infringing technology.

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