Microsoft’s message to Motorola Mobility Holdings — recently bought by Google — Wednesday morning in a blog post by GC Brad Smith and top IP counsel Horacio Gutierrez: All we are saying is, give patent peace a chance.

Microsoft announced a cross-licensing agreement with Samsung Electronics that secures royalties for every mobile phone and tablet Samsung sells that runs the Android operating system. Although the set dollar amount Samsung will pay per unit was not disclosed, Microsoft was rumored to have been asking for $15.

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