On the heels of last week’s announced intellectual property (IP), cross-licensing deal with Japanese PC and electronics giant Toshiba, Microsoft is reportedly seeking a similar sharing agreement with Hitachi. The software giant’s effort to cross-license patented technologies from the Japanese companies this month follow in a long line of similar deals, including a pact with rival Sun Microsystems last year, that analysts indicate have been forced by market demand for interoperability and a mutual desire to keep technology out of court and toward innovation.
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Microsoft, Toshiba Seal Latest in Line of Recent IP Deals
Posted by: Jay Lyman May 16, 2005 10:46 AMOn the heels of last week’s announced intellectual property (IP), cross-licensing deal with Japanese PC and electronics giant Toshiba, Microsoft is reportedly seeking a similar sharing agreement with Hitachi. The software giant’s effort to cross-license patented technologies from the Japanese companies this month follow in a long line of similar deals, including a pact with rival Sun Microsystems last year, that analysts indicate have been forced by market demand for interoperability and a mutual desire to keep technology out of court and toward innovation.