Microsoft settles array of suits
SeattlePI | at | by Mike
Several hundred million here, more than a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about a real effort by Microsoft to settle some of its toughest legal disputes.
The Redmond company yesterday agreed to pay $440 million in a licensing deal that resolves a patent dispute with InterTrust Technologies Corp. of Santa Clara, Calif. The agreement comes 10 days after Microsoft reached a $1.6 billion settlement with Sun Microsystems Inc. over antitrust and patent claims.