Microsoft is paying billions to settle

REDMOND, Wash., April 13 (UPI) -- Microsoft, the Washington computer company, has forked over more than $2 billion to settle legal actions so far in April.

Among the payments are $440 million for InterTrust Technologies to settle a patent infringement suit and $1.6 billion antitrust and patent settlement with Sun Microsystems, the Seattle Times reported Tuesday.

Actually the last 12 months have been expensive for Microsoft.

Last month Microsoft settled a patent lawsuit brought by AT&T by making an undisclosed payment to the company.

And Last May, it agreed to pay Time Warner $750 million to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed on behalf of Netscape Communications, a Time Warner unit.