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In June 2007, [[Xandros]] announced a similar deal.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070604183519938 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100505041846/http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070604183519938 | url-status = usurped | archive-date = May 5, 2010 | title=Groklaw article on Xandros' Microsoft deal}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url = http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2007/jun07/06-04XandrosPR.mspx | title=Microsoft, Xandros Broad Collaboration Agreement Extends Bridge Between Commercial Open Source and Microsoft Software }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=31406 | title=Xandros community forums, first thread on this topic | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928031448/http://forums.xandros.com/viewtopic.php?t=31406 | archive-date=2007-09-28 }}</ref>

On June 13, 2007, a deal was reached between Microsoft and [[Linspire]].<ref>[http://desktoplinux.com/news/NS9642338710.html Linspire, Microsoft in Linux-related deal<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616135029/http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS9642338710.html |date=2007-06-16 }}</ref> In return, Linspire would change its default search engine from Google to Live search.<ref>[http://linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/06/14/1227201.shtml Slashdot | Linspire Signs Patent Pact With MS<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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| access-date=2007-10-12}}{{dead link|date=September 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>The U.S. patent 5,072,412 concerns the desktop User Interface, see [https://patents.google.com/patent/US5072412 here]</ref> However, IP Innovation LLC is a subsidiary of a company classified by some as a [[patent troll]],<ref>{{cite web

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}}</ref> and commentators suspect a strong connection between this company and Microsoft.<ref name="LLCsuitezdnet" /><ref name="LLCsuitegroklaw" /> In 2010, IP Innovation lost the suit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Red Hat & Novell Beat IP Innovation and in Marshall, Texas, too | url = http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20100430223358785 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611210642/http://www.groklaw.net/articlebasic.php?story=20100430223358785 |archive-date=11 June 2010 |publisher=Groklaw |date=30 April 2010 |url-status=usurped | access-date = 5 July 2013 }}</ref>

In December 2007, Microsoft granted [[Samba (software)|the Samba project]] access to certain proprietary documents and must maintain a list of related patents for a one-time fee of 10,000 Euros.<ref>{{cite web