Microsoft and Samsung have ended their contract dispute over patents

(Reuters) - Microsoft and Samsung Electronics Co Ltd have ended their contract dispute over patents, though terms of the settlement are confidential, Microsoft said in a statement on Monday.

Microsoft sued Samsung last year in a federal court in New York, accusing Samsung of breaching a collaboration agreement by initially refusing to make royalty payments after the U.S. company announced its intention to acquire Nokia's handset business in September 2013.

(Reporting by Dan Levine in San Francisco; Editing by Phil Berlowitz)