Samsung became the second largest holder of U.S. patents in the last year. Apple is satisfied the 13th place in the ranking, and one of the main allies in the field of operating systems, the Internet giant Google, occupies a modest 11th place.
It is with Google, Samsung today entered into a cross-licensing agreement covering not only all existing patents, but also recorded over the next 10 years. According to the Google, this form of cooperation can spend less time and effort on legal disputes, and pay more attention to innovation directly.
Samsung representatives claim that the two companies are an example of the industry: from cooperation can win more than meaningless from a patent dispute. If you consider that Samsung is the largest manufacturer of smartphones, and this year is going to become the largest manufacturer of tablets, promoted by the Korean company Google Android platform after the conclusion of such an agreement has a chance to increase its market coverage.