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Microsoft, GoPro sign patent deal
Tech giants Microsoft and GoPro have both put pen to paper for a collaborative patent licensing deal for “certain file storage and other system technologies.”
“This agreement with GoPro shows the incredible breadth of technology sharing enabled through patent transactions,” said Nick Psyhogeos, president of Microsoft Technology Licensing, in the extremely brief announcement.
“Microsoft’s licensing of personal wearable technologies is seeing strong demand as we partner with companies from all industries to optimise solutions for their customers around the globe”, he added.
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It’s unclear which patents are actually covered by the new deal signed as the details of the agreement remain confidential as neither Microsoft nor GoPro shared any further information beyond the released statement.
In recent past, Microsoft Licensing explicitly lists the exFAT file system as one of the technologies that are available for licensing, so chances are this is covered under the new agreement signed with GoPro.
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