No, you didn't. You gave a convoluted set of "reasons" why Samsung abandoned its agreement with Microsoft.
Why, on a legal basis, do you think it was OK for Samsung to stop making the royalty payments that they had been making to Microsoft for years? Samsung didn't try to explain themselves or re-negotiate; they just stopped making payments.
Okay, now you're just being lazy
I referenced the MS complaint. Which is linked to by your link.
You told us, "Then, after MS bought Nokia, the Nokia to Samsung royalties stopped, because MS claims that Nokia phones are now covered under previous Samsung-Microsoft cross licenses." Unfortunately, nowhere in
the article is any such thing said.
Please don't be lazy.
If you make a claim, you need to provide evidence that actually supports that claim.
No one said if it was appropriate behavior or not. But even the article you linked to, noted that Microsoft sees it as something that can be worked out.
Where? The article says that
Microsoft sued Samsung.
Royalty disagreements are not uncommon with phone makers.
Dropping royalty payments to ZERO after paying them for years -- with no negotiation -- is quite uncommon.
Heck, how much has Apple paid Motorola for using their IP for seven years? Apparently nothing yet, since Apple claims Moto wants too much, and the appropriate amount hasn't been settled yet.
Samsung and MS had an agreement, and Samsung just stopped making payments after years of making payments. They had a contract, and Samsung has now breached the contract. There is absolutely no comparison.
What's helped Samsung as much as anything else is that Googles's made Android a decent OS. Compare 4.4 to 1.6 and you'll see a world of difference.
And, Samsung has attempted to ditch Android and "innovate" to their Tizen interface. Unfortunately, they can't copy away the ecosystem of Android apps. At best, Samsung would face years of an app vacuum. I'm hardly surprised that
Samsung has suspended their introduction of any Tizen smart phones.
There appears to be some Samsung self-inflicted damage here, in addition to Apple retaliation.
Another area of self-inflicted damage is Samsung's abuse of FRAND patents. The
DOJ,
the Japanese courts, and
the EU have punished Samsung for their abuse of FRANDs. One wonders how @kdarling will justify this abuse by Samsung.
I fondly hope that standards-making bodies will pay attention:
Gee, Samsung, your tech for the proposed xxx standard is very interesting, but your prior abuse of FRAND patents prohibits us from selecting your proposal. Thanks for playing! 
