Microsoft chasing down Huawei for Android patent license agreement

Microsoft is chasing down Huawei in search of a patent licensing agreement early in November. "Yes, Microsoft has come to us," said Huawei Devices chief marketing officer Victor Xu. "We always respect the intellectual property of others. But we have 65,000 patents worldwide too. We have enough to protect our interests. We are a very important stakeholder in Android." Xu also said that "negotiations are in progress" with Microsoft, which takes home an estimated 444 million U.S. dollars annually from Android royalties. Microsoft has a crosslicensing agreement with Samsung and has similar deals with HTC, ViewSonic and other Android device vendors. It is expected that Microsoft may soon hunt down Amazon for an agreement related to its new Android-powered Kindle Fire tablet, too.