Microsoft - Legal

There is a lot of historical information in Comes vs Microsoft.

Recent cases where Microsoft got sued include:

2007

 * What if Microsoft Got Sued by Open Source Developers?
 * Patent Troll Attacks Another Patent Troll — Microsoft Sued Over Tilted Mouse
 * Quick Mention: Microsoft Threatens to Sue, Gets Sued

2008

 * Microsoft Sued for Patent Infringement, Patents Brain Probing
 * BSI Gets Sued After Microsoft’s OOXML Corruptions Worldwide
 * Software Patents Roundup: EU’s Back Door; Microsoft Sued Again
 * Interesting Old Document About Microsoft’s Vapourware Tactics
 * Microsoft Sued Over Patents Again, Linus Complains, USPTO Welcomes P2P(atent)
 * Novell Keeps Lusting After Software Patents, Microsoft Sued for Patent Infringement
 * Patents Roundup: Microsoft Sued, Health Care Weighs in, McCreevy Denounced
 * Microsoft Gags Own Employees to Put Customers’ Life at Risk
 * Financial Fraud Claimed at Microsoft; Microsoft Paid Microsoft Witness to Shut Up
 * Eye on Microsoft: A Black Screen of Death Ahead of Microsoft’s Results (China sues]
 * Theft of Ideas, Followed by Patenting; Microsoft Sued Again
 * Microsoft Blast from the Past: Lawsuits and Fraud
 * Microsoft Sued Again for XBox 360 Failures, Slammed for Deception and FUD
 * Microsoft Xbox Sued Again, This Time for Software Patent Infringement

2009

 * Novell|Microsoft Sued by Patent Troll
 * Microsoft Sued Over Unified Communications and Loses Key Partner Due to Bankruptcy
 * Quick Mention: Microsoft Sued Over Vista (Again)
 * TomTom Sues the “Patent Troll” Microsoft
 * Quick Mention: Microsoft Sued Again for Patent Infringement (BackWeb)
 * Microsoft, Google Sued; Microsoft Funds Legal Action Against Google
 * Should Microsoft Sue Microsoft for Using (and Suing) Linux?
 * Microsoft Sued Over Its Corruption in Switzerland, Microsoft Debt Revisited
 * Can the United Kingdom and Hungary Still be Sued for Excluding Free Software?
 * Important Precedence: IBM Threatens to Sue Microsoft Over Propaganda Site
 * Microsoft Sued for Contract Violation in Asia
 * Microsoft Antitrust in Europe, Russia, South Korea
 * Microsoft Sued for Selling Inherently-defective Xbox 360s, Other Bad Xbox News
 * Journalists Suggest Banning Windows, Maybe Suing Microsoft Over DDoS Attacks
 * Software Patents Do Not Apply to Microsoft
 * Microsoft Still in Court for Failure with Xbox 360
 * Microsoft is Sued for Another Technical Failure in Xbox 360
 * Patents Under Fire While Microsoft Escapes Patent Law (Again)
 * Microsoft Found Guilty of Breaking Korean Law for Second Time This Year
 * Microsoft Abuse with Software Patents Carries on
 * Patents Roundup: Uniloc Appeals Microsoft’s Dodge, OpenGL 3 Patent Issues Rear Ugly Head, Apple Innovates Crippleware
 * Microsoft Sued for Data Loss
 * Lawsuits Against Microsoft Turn to Class Action Lawsuit While Microsoft Mobiles Become Dying Breed
 * Microsoft Sued Over Xbox 360 Again, Lawsuit for Banning Likely Too
 * Microsoft Sued for Deliberately Making Competitor’s Product “Become Incompatible”
 * Microsoft Sued Several More Times for Patent Infringement
 * Microsoft Sued for Sidekick Disaster, Fined for Using “Money Power” to “Harass” Defendants

2010

 * Microsoft Sued Again (Class Action) Over Xbox 360, British Airways Pulls Microsoft Into Court
 * Xbox 360 Still Under Many Lawsuits
 * Microsoft Lawyer: Microsoft “Covers up Alleged Misconduct, Mischaracterizes Evidence {...} Protects the Perpetrators and Retaliates Against Victims.”
 * Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Suffers Another Blow, Delay, Downtime, and Antitrust Lawsuit

Other cases with Microsoft involvement: TurboHercules vs IBM, i4i vs Microsoft