Noget kunne tyde på at PalTalks søgsmål imod Microsoft for patentovertrædelser, alligevel ikke var helt skudt ved siden af. Microsoft har nu indgået et forlig med PalTalk og undgår derved en retssag og især den kedelige presseomtale, som vil være forbundet med en sådan sag. Der er desværre ikke nævnt nogen beløbsstørrelser, men PalTalks advokat, Max Tribble, udtaler overfor Seattle Tech Report, at PalTalk bestemt er tilfredse med den kompensation de end måtte have fået.

Financial terms weren’t disclosed, Microsoft spokesman David Bowermaster said, adding that it was an “amicable agreement.” The settlement cuts short a trial that started this week over the suit, filed by closely held PalTalk Holdings Inc.

“The parties have settled the case, and PalTalk is quite pleased with the outcome,” Max Tribble, a PalTalk lawyer, said in a phone interview.