That’s going to involve a series of court decisions that have yet to come. Microsoft is a huge target and filing a suit while this has a lot of buzz is a big P

That’s going to involve a series of court decisions that have yet to come. Microsoft is a huge target and filing a suit while this has a lot of buzz is a big PR opportunity, so those court cases will start coming soon enough. Clearly, Microsoft felt confident they could navigate whatever legal headaches and must believe that seizing this opportunity for Bing to outmaneuver Google was more valuable than whatever that might cost. What we can be sure they didn’t do is go in blind.