Microsoft Payouts

These are some of the large payments Microsoft has made or will make. (All values are in US dollars unless stated otherwise)

$1.6 billion settlement with Sun Microsystems mostly over patent disputes (Hicks, Matt. "Sun, Microsoft Promise End to Patent Feud." eWeek 2 Apr 2004)
"$440 million for a comprehensive license to InterTrust's patent portfolio in an agreement that also resolves all outstanding litigation between the two companies" (Galli, Peter. "Microsoft Settles with InterTrust." eWeek 12 Apr 2004)
Up to $104.6 million in vouchers to Arizona consumers ("Microsoft Settles Arizona Lawsuit." PC World 29 June 2004)
"$34 million... to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming the software giant violated Massachusetts' consumer protection and unfair competition laws" ("Microsoft Settles Massachusetts Lawsuit." Forbes 29 June 2004)
Up to $9.7 million to Vermont consumers (Microsoft Corp. "Microsoft and Vermont Plaintiffs Settle Vermont Class Action Lawsuit." Yahoo.com 1 July 2004)
Up to $241.4 million to Minnesota consumers, including businesses and schools (Kaiser, Emily. "U to receive $5M from Microsoft." MNDaily.com 6 July 2004)
"$1.1 billion [for] settlement of [a] California class action [lawsuit for] overcharging and abuse of state anti-trust laws" (Cullen, Drew. "Judge waves through MS $1.1bn California settlement." The Register 8 July 2004)
$536 million to Novell to "settle potential antitrust litigation related to Novell's NetWare operating system" (Novell, Inc. "Novell Settles One Antitrust Claim with Microsoft for $536 Million, Plans to File Suit on Second Claim." Novell Press Release 8 Nov 2004)
$115 million to z4 Technologies for using two patents without paying royalty fees. ("Microsoft, Autodesk lose patent case." MSNBC 19 Apr 2006)
$6.1 million to Carlos Armando Amado for patent infringement. For continued infringement payment may grow to $65 million. ("Microsoft loses appeal in Office patent spat." CNet.com 16 Jun 2006)