Microsoft, Motorola Solutions Ink Patent Licensing Deal

Microsoft and Motorola Solutions on Tuesday announced a patent licensing agreement that will allow the companies to share Android and Chrome OS technologies.

Meanwhile, Motorola Solutions is a separate company from that of Motorola Mobility, a mobile company Google recently acquired and is now selling to Lenovo.

Motorola Solutions provides communication solutions and services for enterprise and government customers.

“Microsoft and Motorola Solutions share a respect for intellectual property and a commitment to fair and reasonable patent licensing programs,” Nick Psyhogeos, Microsoft’s general manager of IP licensing said in a statement.

“Microsoft prefers licensing to litigation, since licensing is a more effective way to share technology and accelerate the pace of innovation.”

Joe White, Motorola Solutions’ vice president of Enterprise Mobile Computing, said in a statement, “Our Motorola Solutions communications technology works best for everyone when it is backed with robust intellectual property and patents.

“We are pleased to have agreed upon a solution that allows our customers to purchase Android products from Motorola Solutions with confidence.”

This is yet another Microsoft deal to sign Android and Chrome OS patent agreements.

The company has made similar arrangements with Acer, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Dell, Foxconn, HTC, LG, Nikon, Onkyo, Samsung, Velocity Micro, ViewSonic, Wistron, ZTE, and more.