Microsoft is alleging Samsung owes $6.9 million in interest and is demanding payment in a dispute over smartphone patent royalties, according to a lawsuit unsealed by a New York federal court on Friday, Reuters reported.
Microsoft is asking the court to rule that it did not breach a business collaboration agreement with Samsung, and that Samsung must pay interest on more than $1 billion in royalty payments which it delayed in protest at Microsoft's planned purchase of rival Nokia's handset business, according to Reuters.
Samsung made royalty payments on time to Microsoft during the first fiscal year after they signed their 2011 agreement, according to the lawsuit, Reuters reported.
Then, after Microsoft announced the Nokia deal in September 2013, Samsung initially refused to make another payment, arguing that the Nokia deal breached its licensing agreement with Microsoft, according to Reuters.
The lawsuit states Samsung eventually paid late without adding interest, according to Reuters.
Microsoft has previously argued that the Google Android mobile system uses some of its technology, and as a result most hardware makers, including Samsung, have agreed to pay patent royalties on Android handsets, Reuters reported.
