Microsoft has said it will pay InterTrust Technologies $440 million to license InterTrust's patent portfolio and to settle InterTrust's lawsuit.
Microsoft said it expects the settlement to "accelerate adoption and development of DRM technologies."
Microsoft said software developers who build products that use Microsoft platform technology will not require an InterTrust license for normal uses of the Microsoft technologies as a result.
Developers may need a license from InterTrust for other uses of Microsoft technology, it added. Microsoft also recently settled with Sun Microsystems.