Smith said that Microsoft hopes to achieve a healthy balance that will help our customers grow their businesses through technology and allow Microsoft to continue to improve its platform products.
Microsoft cited a Korean hospital as an example. The hospital and Microsoft jointly created a motion tracking AI application that uses sensors to collect surgeon motion data during surgery to identify errors or beneficial techniques. Although the technology Developed in cooperation with Microsoft, but patents and intellectual property (IP) remain in the hospital, the hospital plans to sell the software to other hospitals to create new business and revenue sources.
As the cooperation between technology companies and customers continues to increase, the gray areas in the area of patent ownership and intellectual property will also increase. Through the reassuring policy, Microsoft seems to be trying to distinguish itself from its rival companies, many of which are plagued by patent lawsuits. To open up, of course, is to encourage large companies to continue using their products.