this company and Microsoft. In 2010, IP Innovation lost the suit. In December 2007, Microsoft granted the Samba project access to certain proprietary documents and must maintain a list of related patents for a one-time fee of 10,000 Euros. Microsoft was required to make this information available to competitors as part of the European Commission March 24, 2004 Decision pertaining to antitrust violations. See also Software patent Software patent debate Patentleft References External links CNN: Microsoft takes on the free world, discusses Microsoft and FSF's position regarding software patents and free software Examples of Software Patents that hurt Free Software, published by Free Software Foundation Free software projects harmed by software patents, End Software Patents Software patent law Patents