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Microsoft dealt legal blow
News A US federal appeals court on Thursday issued setbacks to both Microsoft and the government in their long-running antitrust battle. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Microsoft's request that it reconsider its...
[August 3, 2001, 8:47]
Microsoft's legal problems not over yet
News Microsoft's settlement with RealNetworks on Tuesday eliminates one lingering headache for the embattled software maker, but other legal migraines remain. Tuesday's announcement highlights the divide-and-conquer legal strategy Microsoft has doggedly...
[October 12, 2005, 9:35]
Legal costs depress Microsoft's bottom line
News The earnings report shows that Microsoft's legal issues are taking a toll on the bottom line, though the company has more than $50bn in the bank. Microsoft reported on Thursday fiscal third-quarter revenue above expectations but saw its earnings...
[April 23, 2004, 8:40]
Microsoft takes swipe at Linux vendors' legal story
News Microsoft focused its criticism on Red Hat, saying that the Linux distributor does not assist customers with legal expenses. Microsoft has criticised the IP indemnification offered by Novell, Red Hat, HP and IBM -- the main vendors of the Linux...
[November 5, 2004, 13:28]
Microsoft launches legal assault on phishers
News Microsoft on Monday announced an initiative to tackle phishing Web sites that infringe on its trademark. Fraudulent sites which claim to be Microsoft sites, such as MSN or Hotmail, will be pursued by Microsoft for copyright infringement, the...
[March 20, 2006, 17:10]
Microsoft removes more legal obstacles
News With the settlement on Monday of its long-simmering patent dispute with InterTrust Technologies, Microsoft has cleared away legal concerns that have been looming over many of its most important plans.
[April 13, 2004, 11:05]
Microsoft widens legal protection
News Microsoft said on Thursday it will expand the legal protections it offers device makers that create products using its Windows Mobile and Window Embedded operating systems. Under the new program, the indemnification for those products will more...
[February 10, 2006, 8:50]
Microsoft faces legal action over Silverlight
News Microsoft is facing legal action from a little-known company called Gotuit Media, which claims elements of Silverlight infringe on the video metadata company's patented technology. Gotuit may be a relative unknown, but Microsoft is facing an...
[July 17, 2008, 8:14]
Microsoft takes swipe at Linux vendors' legal story
Talkback Now some say this all boils down to legal speak meaning nothing but when was the last time Microsoft's lawyers went sweating over nothing? Do read this: http://www.eweek.com/ article2/0,1759,1714680,00.asp (Is Microsoft Ready to Assert IP Rights...
[November 10, 2004, 8:32]
Microsoft launches legal assault on phishers
Talkback I fully back Microsoft in this! i spend many minutes cracking the websites of Phishers just to be told by the people who i send the info to that "the site you visited is a phishing site designed to make you divulge information".
[March 21, 2006, 10:13]
Microsoft takes swipe at Linux vendors' legal story
Talkback $5 is the maximum amount Microsoft specifies in its EULA's when it comes down to composating for the problems it causes. Microsoft is just making wild claims as they go along while milking this new PR item of theirs.
[November 5, 2004, 21:36]
Microsoft takes swipe at Linux vendors' legal story
Talkback Microsoft is soooo desperate to draq Linux into the mud that forgets that it is actually advertising it with stupid comments and reports. Everybopdy knows Linux is more mature and more stable than Windows.
[November 5, 2004, 15:32]
Microsoft takes swipe at Linux vendors' legal story
Talkback Next to be sued is Microsoft for its use and implementation of it's own Java. We all should worry about Microsoft's business practices and monopolies, not to mention it's security holes that lead to thousands of viruses to attack users and...
[November 5, 2004, 15:58]
US Report: Legal Prof. says US Court wrong on Microsoft
News In fact, Einer Elhauge says he would have reached the opposite conclusion about Microsoft's ability to force computer makers that ship Windows 95 to also include the company's Internet Explorer browser.
[June 30, 1998, 11:14]
Microsoft faces legal action over Silverlight
Talkback This won't be the first time M$ has been caught using elements of other companies research and calling it their own. That is what M$ calls innovation.
[July 17, 2008, 13:31]
Microsoft seeks legal shield from spyware
Talkback Having now read the article, I can say that I had not heard of Hotbar untill I checked my spyware program and found that 2 Hotbars had been removed. I agree with the comment made that if anything is to end up on my computer the right should be...
[August 1, 2006, 11:29]
Microsoft widens legal protection
Talkback Is that a response to teams of small players preparing to sue MS? The other alternative, and not a mutually exclusive one at that, would be that there are some anti-competitive clauses in the OEM contract to exclude the established embedded systems.
[February 10, 2006, 10:48]
Microsoft seeks legal shield from spyware
Talkback I See . So mickeyshafted wants to be able to steal anyone's code and include it in there products then clai8m it as there own work Errrrrrrrrr I Don't Fink so pal on yer bike. Instead of taking the easy way do the job correctly in the first place...
[May 26, 2005, 18:45]
Microsoft takes swipe at Linux vendors' legal story
Talkback "Struan Robertson, a lawyer with law firm Masons, agreed it is unlikely for the end user to be sued, but is possible -- as was seen when SCO Group sued DaimlerChrysler and AutoZone for using Linux.a high school student could do enought research...
[November 8, 2004, 12:55]
Microsoft takes swipe at Linux vendors' legal story
Talkback In response to the Anonymous feedback, Struan Robertson said that it is "unlikely for the end user to be sued", although he pointed out that it was possible, as could be seen from the SCO lawsuit. The SCO lawsuit took place and therefore shows that...
[November 8, 2004, 15:02]
