Microsoft Corp in February unveiled a new program that provides what it’s touting as “best-in-industry” protection against threats of intellectual property lawsuits.

Under the Microsoft Azure IP Advantage program, Microsoft advertises that qualified customers will receive “uncapped indemnification” for infringement claims resulting from their use of Azure, including claims arising from open source software products like Apache Hadoop that are incorporated by Microsoft into Azure and provided under Microsoft’s terms.

Originally published in Intellectual Property Magazine on March 30, 2017.