In a ruling that could force royalty fees on some developers working with Microsoft's SQL Server 7 data-management software, a Washington state judge said Microsoft could not sublicense another ...

A Washington court has issued a judgement against Microsoft Corp. in a case that could prove costly for certain customers and partners who use its SQL Server database, according to software vendor ...

Seattle, Wash.-based Timeline is trumpeting an order released last week that confirms a 1999 licensing agreement between it and Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft that bans sublicensing of Timeline’s ...