SDL Trisoft chosen to manage large volumes of technical product content Maidenhead, U.K.

REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Microsoft Corp. and Brother Industries Ltd. have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement to allow access to each company's respective patent portfolio.

By Kyodo News International, Tokyo Jan. 30--NAGOYA -- The Japan unit of U.S. investment fund Steel Partners has acquired a 6.05 percent stake in Brother Industries Ltd., officials of the major sewing machine manufacturer said Monday.