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I don't think it has to go through MS legal yet. Nokia has to legally act as if the merge does not go through. If/when Microsoft will sell this phone, it will probably be through a subsidiary, just like it does currently all open source contributions through https://msopentech.com , to avoid respecting the patent licenses.

[rbanffy → air]

I would imagine a judge would not be kind to this type of subterfuge once litigation started. It's completely obvious they are not distinct entities.