Salesforce Countersues Microsoft In Patent Brawl, Brings David Boies To The Fight

In response to a patent lawsuit filed by Microsoft last May, Salesforce is countersuing with its own patent infringement claims. But a mere countersuit isn't enough for CEO Marc Benioff. He is also bringing a big-gun lawyer to the knife fight, Microsoft's nemesis from the antitrust trial of the 1990s, David Boies. During Salesforce's last earnings call, Benioff obliquely referred to Microsoft as an "unnamed patent troll" and "alley thugs."