Court Rebuffs Samsung's Bid to Halt Microsoft Lawsuit

A U.S. federal court has rejected Samsung's application to halt a lawsuit filed by Microsoft over patent royalties.

Microsoft filed a suit against Samsung in August seeking to verify whether the Korean company infringed Microsoft patents used in the Android OS.

Samsung says Microsoft violated contractual terms in its acquisition of Nokia that included the patents.

Samsung last month turned to the International Court of Arbitration for help and asked the U.S. court to delay the patent lawsuit in the meantime. In September, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella visited Samsung headquarters in Seoul for negotiations with vice chairman Lee Jae-yong, but the lawsuit continues.

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