# Judge orders Microsoft to spill internal docs and scour execs' comms in secondhand licensing case

DevFeed: [Judge orders Microsoft to spill internal docs and scour execs' comms in secondhand licensing case](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/judge-orders-microsoft-to-spill-internal-docs-and-scour-execs-comms-in-secondhand-licensing-case-41310.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.theregister.com/legal/2026/09/17/judge-orders-microsoft-to-spill-internal-docs-and-scour-execs-comms-in-secondhand-licensing-case/5296820>)

Author: Richard Speed

Published: 2026-09-17T08:30:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [www.theregister.com - Articles](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/www-theregister-com-articles.md>)

Topics: [Microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [legal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/legal.md>), [microsoft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [software-license](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-license.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

A judge ordered Microsoft to provide internal documents and search executives' communications in a secondhand software licensing case. The supplied evidence also references a potentially adverse document titled the "Secondhand Software Presentation."

## Source excerpt

Yes, the 'Secondhand Software Presentation' does sound like it might be an adverse document...