In 2013, Microsoft made a billion dollars from its Samsung Android patent licensing deal; at the same time, Microsoft profited from its Android patents to a tune of about $3.4 billion
Microsoft earned $1 billion from Samsung Android patent licensing last year | The Verge
Microsoft has a vast number of Android patent licensing agreements with device makers worldwide, but a Samsung court case has put a figure on exactly how much money the software giant makes from Android. Samsung paid Microsoft $1 billion in patent-licensing royalties last year, a huge sum that has the pair locked in a legal battle over contracts. Samsung originally signed two contracts — a cross-licensing agreement and a business collaboration agreement — with Microsoft in 2011, ahead of its impressive dominance of Android shipments, but late last year Samsung decided it was tired of paying on time, or paying interest when a late payment was finally made.