AlmondNet, Inc. et al. v. Microsoft Corp.
consolidated/terminated- Docket:
- 6:22-cv-01206
- Court:
- W.D. Tex. (Waco)
- Filed:
- 2022-11-18
'307 asserted. Consolidated into No. 6:21-cv-00897 and terminated with that case.
Defendant
17 cases as defendant.
Microsoft Corporation is a publicly traded multinational technology company founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, the company is a major force in the software industry and is listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol MSFT. As of early 2026, Microsoft reported having 228,000 employees. For its 2025 fiscal year, the company posted revenues of $281.7 billion. Its market capitalization was approximately $3.08 trillion in May 2026.
Microsoft develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of software products, services, and hardware devices. The company's core product lines include the Windows operating system, the Microsoft 365 and Office productivity suites (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook), and the Azure cloud computing platform. In hardware, Microsoft is known for its Xbox video game consoles and the Surface line of personal computers. The company also operates in web services with its Bing search engine and the professional networking site LinkedIn.
As a major technology provider, Microsoft is frequently a defendant in patent litigation. The provided data shows Microsoft as a defendant in a case brought by Semantic Engines LLC. This posture as a target for litigation is typical for a large operating company. The single tracked case, Semantic Engines LLC v. Microsoft Corp, was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue known for patent litigation.
The case against Microsoft was filed on April 23, 2026, by Semantic Engines LLC. This lawsuit is representative of the challenges large technology firms face from entities that hold and assert patent rights. Microsoft is also involved in other high-profile intellectual property disputes, notably litigation concerning the training of artificial intelligence models, including a prominent copyright infringement lawsuit filed by The New York Times against Microsoft and its partner OpenAI.
'307 asserted. Consolidated into No. 6:21-cv-00897 and terminated with that case.
AlmondNet and Intent IQ sued Microsoft and Xandr in W.D. Tex., asserting ten patents including U.S. 9,830,615, with claims 9-12 asserted against Microsoft. The case was dismissed with prejudice by joint stipulation in June 2024, each side bearing its own fees and costs, and was consolidated with the later 6:22-cv-01206 Microsoft case.
MemoryWeb LLC filed a lawsuit against Microsoft Corp., which was voluntarily dismissed by the plaintiff with prejudice. Although the patent was granted after the filing date, it is listed as asserted in this case.
RAH Color Technologies LLC asserted U.S. Patent 7,729,008 against Microsoft Corp. in the Sherman Division of the Eastern District of Texas; outcome not verified.
IPA Technologies Inc. sued Microsoft Corp. in the District of Delaware. The complaint was submitted as Exhibit 1006 in the '021 IPR, indicating '021 was among the asserted patents. The case was stayed 2020-01-10 pending IPRs and later resolved in Microsoft's favor at the PTAB and on appeal.
A jury awarded IPA Technologies $242 million in damages on May 10, 2024, finding that Microsoft's Cortana infringed three claims of US Patent 7069560. The parties reached a confidential settlement on June 18, 2024.
VirnetX and SAIC asserted four patents against Microsoft, including the '211 patent. The court's claim-construction order construed '211 claim terms. The case was resolved by settlement/license; settlement date and amount are not confirmed in the narrative.
This case was filed by IP Engine Inc against Microsoft Corp. in the New York Southern District Court. The narrative does not provide a clear outcome or status.
Litigation initiated by Walker Digital, LLC, a patent assertion entity, against numerous major software companies. The case was resolved via dismissals with prejudice for various defendants throughout 2011 and 2012, suggesting settlements were reached.
Prism asserted the '288 patent only against RIM and Microsoft. The case settled before Markman, and no claim construction order issued.
A lawsuit filed against Microsoft in December 2024 that is currently ongoing.
Sandpiper CDN, LLC filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. in the Eastern District of Texas.
IDT infringement action against Acer, Microsoft, and others in the Eastern District of Texas. In 2014, the court issued a claim construction order and invalidated one claim as indefinite under 35 U.S.C. 112(2); the '816 patent was among the patents-in-suit.
'586 appears in the asserted-patent list reported for this case. Resolved by dismissal with prejudice by stipulation under Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), each side bearing its own fees/costs. No merits adjudication.
IPA Technologies Inc. sued Microsoft Corp. in D. Del. listing US 6,523,061 among asserted patents. The case was stayed with the Google case pending IPR in January 2020.
VirtaMove sued Microsoft in the Western District of Texas over U.S. Patent No. 7,784,058. U.S. Patent No. 5,481,706 was cited by Microsoft as prior art and was not asserted in the case.
Robocast sued Microsoft in D. Del. for infringement of the '451 patent, accusing Bing, MSN, MSNBC, and Xbox features. The court issued claim construction and 2014 summary-judgment rulings, including partial non-infringement and issues left for trial; the case concluded, but the precise final disposition is not stated.