M$向HTC, Samsung,Amazon,...等一半以上的Android裝置商收高額Android"授權費", 不像HTC, Samsung, Amazon等大咖已付錢省事, Barnes & Noble說因為她是小咖, 付不起高額的授權費和興訟費, 被逼上梁山, 只好一狀告上ITC. http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2011111122291296

在訴狀中的Exhibit A: Barnes & Noble letter, dated March 28, 2011, to The Hon. Christine Varney, [then-]Assistant Attorney General, US DOJ 用了三次霸凌(bully), 指控M$欺壓, 反創新, 反競爭, 真獨占, 掀開了一直被視為機密的Android授權的醜陋幕簾.

Exhibit E更精彩, 揭露了Nokia和M$的毀Android大計, 2011年9月, 三家公司Nokia, Microsoft和Mosaid Tecnonologies協議由Nokia以無前金的方式授權Mosaid高達2000項專利, Mosaid專職控告其他廠商以取得授權金, 2/3的金額歸Microsoft和Nokia所有. 如Mosaid官網: http://www.mosaid.com/corporate/news-events/releases-2011/110901.php所言.

HTC, Trick or Treat? 準備付錢, 或者專做MS手機吧?
2010年七月, M$像Barnes & Noble要求付錢, M$拒絕提供六項Android侵權的專利, 並要B&N簽字噤聲(Non-Disclosure Agreement):
In July 2010, Microsoft first met with Barnes & Noble to discuss "patent issues" related to Barnes & Noble's eReader. Microsoft specifically alleged that Barnes & Noble's NookTM was infringing six patents purportedly owned by Microsoft. When Barnes and Noble asked Microsoft for more detailed information related to these patents, Microsoft refused, claiming that the information was confidential and could not be shared unless Barnes & Noble first executed a non-disclosure agreement ("NDA").

B&N初始拒絕噤聲協議(NDA), 為取得那六項專利聲言, 2010年12月, B&N和MS簽署了"默言協議"(a very narrow NDA), 2011年1月, MS遞送專利授權協議給B&N,...從這些揭露的來往過程, HTC, Samsung, Amazon簽署了噤聲協議了嗎?

MS說, 它創造了Android, 接下來, 看看Exibit D中那六大創造Android的專利是啥:
I. '372 Patent (Web Browser Background Image Loading)
II. '522 Patent (Operating System Provided Tabs)
III. '551 Patent (Electronic Selection with "Handles")
IV. '233 Patent (Annotation of Electronic Documents)
V. '780 Patent (Web Browser Loading Status Icons)
VI. Other Patents Identified by Microsoft Prior to Filing Its Suits
這些看來都是芝麻小事, 在Exibit D中有詳列專利無效之訴, HTC的法務這麼不堪? 還是因為有Mosaid? Exhibit E才是真正的大問題, Mosaid船堅利砲就要攻擊了, HTC要付的錢恐怕不少吧?

歷史上的東印度公司?