Microsoft Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Salesforce.com

by Jason Gumpert, Editor
published May 19, 2010

Competition between Microsoft and Salesforce.com heated up Tuesday as Microsoft, maker of Dynamics CRM, filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the Software-as-a-Service CRM provider in U.S. District Court related to 9 Microsoft patents.

In a statement regarding the action, Microsoft's corporate vice president and general counsel Horacio Gutierrez said:

"Microsoft has been a leader and innovator in the software industry for decades and continues to invest billions of dollars each year in bringing great software products and services to market. We have a responsibility to our customers, partners, and shareholders to safeguard that investment, and therefore cannot stand idly by when others infringe our IP rights."

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As the editor of MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason oversees all editorial content on the site and at our events, as well as providing site management and strategy. He can be reached at jgumpert@msdynamicsworld.com.

Prior to co-founding MSDynamicsWorld.com, Jason was a Principal Software Consultant at Parametric Technology Corporation (PTC), where he implemented solutions, trained customers, managed software development, and spent some time in the pre-sales engineering organization. He has also held consulting positions at CSC Consulting and Monitor Group.

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