Priceline.com Sues Microsoft
from the couldn't-see-this-one-coming dept
Not a big surprise at all, but Priceline.com has decided to sue Microsoft for its use of a reverse auction for hotel rooms. In some sense this is a good thing. Sooner or later someone had to take on Priceline's ridiculous patents, and if anyone has the money to do it well, it should be Microsoft. Will be interesting to watch the results of this case.
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