Microsoft buries the hatchet with Samsung

• Six months after filing a contract dispute suit with Samsung (OTC:SSNLF) over unpaid Android royalties, Microsoft (MSFT -0.2%) says it has settled the dispute. Terms are confidential.
• Microsoft previously suggested Samsung stopped paying royalties in late 2013, with the electronics giant arguing the Nokia deal (by making Microsoft a phone manufacturer itself) nullifies the 2011 Microsoft/Samsung deal and requires a new cross-licensing agreement to be inked.
• The bottom-line impact of a settlement could be big: Samsung paid $1B in royalties to Microsoft in 2013 (pure gross profit, or close to it), and Samsung, though losing ground in recent quarters, still maintained a 20% Q4 global smartphone share, per IDC.
• Microsoft’s total “Windows Phone” licensing revenue (includes Android royalties) amounted to $2.54B in FY14 (ended June ’14). Nokia licensing payments (no longer being made) accounted for $382M of the figure.

source:http://seekingalpha.com/news/2286626-microsoft-buries-the-hatchet-with-samsung