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China leaks $2bn of secret Microsoft Android patents

Microsoft has maintained for the last three years or so that every Android phone ever made infringes on patents locked away somewhere in Redmond. High-profile legal cases, like Microsoft's suit against the Android-powered Barnes & Noble Nook e-reader, and its successful lawsuits against five major Android smartphone manufacturers, have fueled a huge amount of public speculation as to what exactly those patents are.

The problem is, Microsoft hasn't been saying, and with only a few exceptions has taken every measure possible to keep them hidden from the public.

Now the Chinese government has lifted the lid on the mystery with an astounding and unprecedented series of leaks. A full list containing hundreds of patents has been thrown open to the public. The list describes in minute detail all of the patents that Microsoft believes entitle it to royalties over the more than 900 million android devices currently operating in the world today.

The list of patents was ostensibly produced as part of a Chinese government antitrust review relating to Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia. Microsoft described the results of that review in an April 8 blog post, writing that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) "concluded after its investigation that Microsoft holds approximately 200 patent families that are necessary to build an Android smartphone".

The list of 310 patents was published on the Chinese language version of the site, with the English language mirror not including the complete list of patents. There is already a good amount of speculation about what exactly is going on behind the scenes here, but one thing is for certain: Microsoft isn't going to be too happy about this.

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http://betanews.com/2014/06/17/china-leaks-2bn-of-secret-microsoft-android-patents/