MS와 삼성간에 체결된 라이선스 계약정보 일부가 공개되다

2014년 10월 4일자 IP분석전문가 FLORIAN MUELLER가 자신의 블로그 FOSS PATENTS에 “Samsungpaid Microsoft over $1 billion in Android patent royalties in 12-month period:court filing”라는 제목으로 MS가 10월 3일자로 소장보정서를 제출하면서 밝힌 MS와 삼성간에 체결된 특허라이센스계약에 관한 몇가지 정보를 토대로 분석의견을 밝혔다.

“Microsoft recalls, as no one would deny, that "[b]oth Microsoft and Samsung, which are highly sophisticated businesses, were represented by skilled counsel throughout the process of negotiating, draft, and executing the License Agreement." And these parties, according to the complaint, agreed to the following clause:

3.2 New Subsidiary License. If a Subsidiary or business unit/division is acquired by a Party after the Effective Date, the Subsidiary or business unit/division shall be deemed a Grantee under Section 3.1 and the License granted under Section 3.1 shall extend to such Subsidiary of business unit/division, but effective only as of the of the acquisition.

Microsoft concedes, however, that "[t]he License Agreement als contains an anti-assignment provision in Section 7.7 [...]," but says "the Nokia Acquisition is precisely the kind of transaction that is explicitly permitted." The dispute also appears to (at least potentially) involve a parallel Collaboration Agreement relating to Samsung's Windows-based devices.”

위에서 해당 블로그를 링크하였으니 꼭 읽어보시기 바란다. 이해관계자인 구글, MS, 애플, 삼성들간의 관계에 대해서도 이해하는 데 많은 도움이 되었다.

MS사의 고도의 소송전략도 엿볼 수 있습니다.