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Burst.com faces off with Microsoft

Microsoft is being sued by US software developer Burst.com for allegedly stealing patented media transmission technology and using it in... Read more

4 September, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Apple accused of patent infringement

Burst.com has filed a countersuit against Apple claiming that the iTunes software... Read more

18 April, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Microsoft 'destroyed evidence' in patent case

Burst.com, a company suing Microsoft for patent infringement, is alleging that the... Read more

19 November, 2004 by Dawn Kawamoto

Burst.com wants Gates' deposition made public

...a judge to release a deposition of Bill Gates to the public. Burst.com plans to file a motion in federal court in Baltimore requesting... Read more

2 September, 2004 by Declan McCullagh

Microsoft hits back at Burst.com allegations

...used stolen intellectual property to build Media Player 9 and has called Burst.com's account of last week's trial on the matter "inaccurate... Read more

4 September, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Did Microsoft 'steal' Media Player 9 technology?

...whether the software giant stole intellectual property from a small company called Burst.com and used it in Media Player 9. Richard Lang, chief executive... Read more

3 September, 2003 by Munir Kotadia

Microsoft reaches settlement with Burst

Software company Burst.com has agreed to a tentative $60m settlement with Microsoft over charges... Read more

14 March, 2005 by John Borland

Microsoft faces legal action over Silverlight

...San Francisco-based lawyer Spencer Hosie, the same Hosie that successfully represented Burst.com in its suit against Microsoft. Hosie declined to comment on the... Read more

17 July, 2008 by Ina Fried

Microsoft keeps its open source enemies close

...companies' products interoperate. Microsoft has also settled antitrust matters with software maker Burst.com, Novell and Time Warner's America Online. Peaceful coexistenceCould it be... Read more

30 June, 2005 by Matthew Broersma

Microsoft meets Red Hat

...companies' products interoperate. Microsoft also has settled antitrust matters with software maker Burst.com, Novell and Time Warner's America Online. Open source software efforts... Read more

11 May, 2005 by Stephen Shankland

Judge demands Microsoft explain email deletion

...employees to destroy emails after 30 days. An attorney for start-up Burst.com, which is suing the software giant for patent infringement, said Allchin... Read more

24 May, 2004 by John Borland

Microsoft hit with another antitrust suit

The streaming-media company alleges in its $1bn suit that Microsoft's Windows monopoly has hurt its business Read more

19 December, 2003 by David Becker and Evan Hansen

Microsoft settles another six suits

...and Be have reached settlements with Microsoft. Cases involving Sun Microsystems and Burst.com are still pending. Smith stopped short of declaring total victory, noting... Read more

29 October, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Microsoft fights antitrust charges

...J. Frederick Motz, Microsoft will argue that cases brought by Be Inc., Burst.com and Sun Microsystems are without merit. Lawyers for the plaintiffs are... Read more

10 January, 2003 by Joe Wilcox

Microsoft settlement: Done deal

Microsoft, the Justice Department and nine states filed a revised settlement that could finally end the software giant's antitrust case Read more

11 November, 2002 by Joe Wilcox

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