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~~RE III - Frankie~~ · Sep 30, 2009, 11:12 PM

Microsoft's lawsuit payouts amount to around $9 billion

Updated Twice the GDP of Cambodia
By Désiré Athow
Thursday, 14 July 2005, 15:35

* UPDATE Additional material at the end of this article. MICROSOFT HAS had a long, a very long history of litigation, court orders, patent infringements and antitrust lawsuits against it since the very beginning of its history. We;ve managed to draw up a partial list of these.
The surprising thing is not only the number of those lawsuits against Microsoft - at one time, it had more than 130 pending - but more importantly, the sheer amount of money it represents.
The Redmond giant has been ordered to pay nearly $9 billion, a figure which is set to rise with some lawsuits still to be ruled on.
This covers everthing from the miniscule $2 million paid to the state of Iowa, as a fine following the 1999 lawsuit against MS for overcharging customers, to the huge $2 billion one paid to the Enemy, Sun Microsystems.
Some notable points that emerged during my research.
1. Many of the lawsuits, especially the federal ones, were settled with Microsoft giving away free vouchers and free software for the educational sector in those states. Some have argued that the 1999 lawsuit was a trojan horse to break the hold of Apple on that market.
2. Microsoft has several times invested in the companies which have sued it. AT&T - where they threw in $5 billion, Apple - $150 million and Immersion - $26 million.
3. Though Microsoft is keen to emphasise the fact that they are not guilty of any wrongdoing in many of the lawsuits, they would prefer to pay rather than anything else. This has lead some observers to speculate that fines has been a way to "oil" the progress of Microsoft. Note also that no one has been imprisoned and that apart from paying out huge amounts of money, Microsoft can carry on its business as usual.
4. The amount of money paid by Microsoft for PR and for the lawsuits by itself is in the region of $500 million during the past 10 years.
5. The monies to be paid are often distributed through vouchers and therefore, the sums below are maximums rather than effectively paid as a sizeable part of those vouchers goes uncollected.
To date, there are 48 lawsuits that have been documented online, 39 of which have had the fines clearly defined and the rest either to be decided or with undisclosed fines. Below is the complete list in alphabetical order. If there is any lawsuit that I missed or any other information or amounts that are incorrect, please do inform me. µ

Alacritech [Undisclosed

Kansas [$32,000,000

AOL [$750,000,000

Maryland [$10,500,000

Apple [$250,000,000

Massachusetts setts [$34,000,000

Arizona [$104,600,000

Minnesota [$240,000,000

AT&T [Undisclosed

Montana [$12,300,000

Be [$23,250,000

Mythic [Still in court

Bristol [$4,100,000

Nebraska State [$22,600,000

Burst [$60,000,000

New Mexico co [$3,150,000
California [$1,100,000,000

North Carolina lina $89,000,000

Carlos Armando $8,960,000

North Dakota ota $9,000,000

Columbia [$6,200,000

Novell [$536,000,000

Discrimation Suit Still in court?

Private (5) $10,500,000

DR DOS/Caldera [$500,000,000

Real Still in court

Employee $ 9,000,000

Sendo Undisclosed

Eolas [$521,000,000

South Dakota ota [$9,330,000

EU $613,000,000

Daum (4) [$8,600,000

Florida [$202,000,000

SPX $62,000,000

Forgent Still in court

Stac $83,000,000

Gateway $150,000,000

Sun [$1,950,000,000

Go [Still in court

Perma Te mps $96,000,000

BM [$850,000,000
Tennessee [$64,000,000

Immersion [$35,000,000

Vermont [$9,700,000

Intertrust [$440,000,000

Wordperfect ct suit [Still in court

Iowa $2,000,000

E-data [Still in court
(1) "In 2001, seven former and current African-American employees of Microsoft sued the software giant for race discrimination, seeking $5 billion in damages and class action status."
(2) "A class-action lawsuit in which thousands of temporary workers filed against Microsoft. In class-action lawsuit known as Vizcaino v. Microsoft, workers accused company of improperly denying them benefits."
(3) South Korean Internet portal
(3a) A judge in Baltimore told Microsoft to pay that sum to up to 500,000 customers who bought Windows direct from Microsoft
* UPDATE Thanks to Groklaw and Mr. Jaffar for their assistance. Ten more cases have now been added and the total in the coffer now exceeds the $9 billion mark:
Time Line Settled, undisclosed
Ticketmaster Settled, undisclosed
Priceline Still in court?
Goldtouch technology Settled, undisclosed
Syn'x $ 250,000
eLeaders Settled, undisclosed
e-Pass Still in court
Roger Avary (6) Still in court
Arendi Holdings Still in court?
Borland $100,000,000
(6) Roger Avary claims that Microsoft stole its idea of developing an Xbox-based yoga game, coined as the next killer app for the platform

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I could have suid Microsoft for false advertising and infringement of publication rights as my copy of "Windows XP" was deemed to "fail".

Once I got a "popup" saying this specifically, "You are not supposed to be here". What does that tell you guys, anyone??

Anyway, when I get to heaven if I'm not MSoft CEO or higher I will Be.

Sep 30, 2009, 11:12 PM	#1
~~RE III - Frankie~~ BANNED Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Castle Mansion Paradise 113 Posts: 1,200 Rep Power: 0	Having SkyNet by the "coyonies". Microsoft's lawsuit payouts amount to around $9 billion Updated Twice the GDP of Cambodia By Désiré Athow Thursday, 14 July 2005, 15:35 * UPDATE Additional material at the end of this article. MICROSOFT HAS had a long, a very long history of litigation, court orders, patent infringements and antitrust lawsuits against it since the very beginning of its history. We;ve managed to draw up a partial list of these. The surprising thing is not only the number of those lawsuits against Microsoft - at one time, it had more than 130 pending - but more importantly, the sheer amount of money it represents. The Redmond giant has been ordered to pay nearly $9 billion, a figure which is set to rise with some lawsuits still to be ruled on. This covers everthing from the miniscule $2 million paid to the state of Iowa, as a fine following the 1999 lawsuit against MS for overcharging customers, to the huge $2 billion one paid to the Enemy, Sun Microsystems. Some notable points that emerged during my research. 1. Many of the lawsuits, especially the federal ones, were settled with Microsoft giving away free vouchers and free software for the educational sector in those states. Some have argued that the 1999 lawsuit was a trojan horse to break the hold of Apple on that market. 2. Microsoft has several times invested in the companies which have sued it. AT&T - where they threw in $5 billion, Apple - $150 million and Immersion - $26 million. 3. Though Microsoft is keen to emphasise the fact that they are not guilty of any wrongdoing in many of the lawsuits, they would prefer to pay rather than anything else. This has lead some observers to speculate that fines has been a way to "oil" the progress of Microsoft. Note also that no one has been imprisoned and that apart from paying out huge amounts of money, Microsoft can carry on its business as usual. 4. The amount of money paid by Microsoft for PR and for the lawsuits by itself is in the region of $500 million during the past 10 years. 5. The monies to be paid are often distributed through vouchers and therefore, the sums below are maximums rather than effectively paid as a sizeable part of those vouchers goes uncollected. To date, there are 48 lawsuits that have been documented online, 39 of which have had the fines clearly defined and the rest either to be decided or with undisclosed fines. Below is the complete list in alphabetical order. If there is any lawsuit that I missed or any other information or amounts that are incorrect, please do inform me. µ Alacritech [Undisclosed Kansas [$32,000,000 AOL [$750,000,000 Maryland [$10,500,000 Apple [$250,000,000 Massachusetts setts [$34,000,000 Arizona [$104,600,000 Minnesota [$240,000,000 AT&T [Undisclosed Montana [$12,300,000 Be [$23,250,000 Mythic [Still in court Bristol [$4,100,000 Nebraska State [$22,600,000 Burst [$60,000,000 New Mexico co [$3,150,000 California [$1,100,000,000 North Carolina lina $89,000,000 Carlos Armando $8,960,000 North Dakota ota $9,000,000 Columbia [$6,200,000 Novell [$536,000,000 Discrimation Suit Still in court? Private (5) $10,500,000 DR DOS/Caldera [$500,000,000 Real Still in court Employee $ 9,000,000 Sendo Undisclosed Eolas [$521,000,000 South Dakota ota [$9,330,000 EU $613,000,000 Daum (4) [$8,600,000 Florida [$202,000,000 SPX $62,000,000 Forgent Still in court Stac $83,000,000 Gateway $150,000,000 Sun [$1,950,000,000 Go [Still in court Perma Te mps $96,000,000 BM [$850,000,000 Tennessee [$64,000,000 Immersion [$35,000,000 Vermont [$9,700,000 Intertrust [$440,000,000 Wordperfect ct suit [Still in court Iowa $2,000,000 E-data [Still in court (1) "In 2001, seven former and current African-American employees of Microsoft sued the software giant for race discrimination, seeking $5 billion in damages and class action status." (2) "A class-action lawsuit in which thousands of temporary workers filed against Microsoft. In class-action lawsuit known as Vizcaino v. Microsoft, workers accused company of improperly denying them benefits." (3) South Korean Internet portal (3a) A judge in Baltimore told Microsoft to pay that sum to up to 500,000 customers who bought Windows direct from Microsoft * UPDATE Thanks to Groklaw and Mr. Jaffar for their assistance. Ten more cases have now been added and the total in the coffer now exceeds the $9 billion mark: Time Line Settled, undisclosed Ticketmaster Settled, undisclosed Priceline Still in court? Goldtouch technology Settled, undisclosed Syn'x $ 250,000 eLeaders Settled, undisclosed e-Pass Still in court Roger Avary (6) Still in court Arendi Holdings Still in court? Borland $100,000,000 (6) Roger Avary claims that Microsoft stole its idea of developing an Xbox-based yoga game, coined as the next killer app for the platform __________________________________________________ ___________ I could have suid Microsoft for false advertising and infringement of publication rights as my copy of "Windows XP" was deemed to "fail". Once I got a "popup" saying this specifically, "You are not supposed to be here". What does that tell you guys, anyone?? Anyway, when I get to heaven if I'm not MSoft CEO or higher I will Be. Last edited by RE III - Frankie; Sep 30, 2009 at 11:18 PM.