Microsoft Corp. could face another lawsuit from a patent portfolio company over technology within its SQL Server database. Timeline Inc., of Seattle, Washington, said Monday it terminated a limited license agreement forged with Microsoft in 1999 after the software giant allegedly breached its terms. Timeline also charged that Microsoft's SQL Server infringes on patents held by Timeline concerning online analytical processing. As a result, Timeline filed a motion in U.S. federal district court in Seattle, asking to add Microsoft as a defendant in a case against ProClarity Corp, a maker of add-on reporting and data visualization products that complement Microsoft's SQL Server.

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