Microsoft and Salesforce are mired in patent disputes.

Microsoft and Salesforce have filed lawsuits against each other, accusing each other of patent infringement.

Microsoft has accused Salesforce of infringing nine of its patents related to the design of its websites.

Salesforce, in turn, accused Microsoft of violating patents on developments that the software corporation used in almost all of its products.

Salesforce is demanding triple compensation from Microsoft and an end to the use of its technology. Salesforce is being defended against Microsoft by a lawyer who has already won an antitrust case against Microsoft.