SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 10, 2003
MICROSTRATEGY INCORPORATED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Delaware |
0-24435 |
51-0323571 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Numbers) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||
| 1861 International Drive McLean, Virginia |
22102 | |||
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 848-8600 |
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) |
Item 5. Other Events and Regulation FD Disclosure.
On December 10, 2003, MicroStrategy Incorporated (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that it had filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Crystal Decisions, Inc. in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The lawsuit alleges that Crystal willfully infringes three patents issued to the Company relating to: (i) asynchronous control of report generation using a web browser (United States Patent No. 6,279,033); (ii) management of an automatic OLAP report broadcast system (United States Patent No. 6,567,796); and (iii) providing business intelligence web content with reduced client-side processing (United States Patent No. 6,658,432). The lawsuit seeks monetary damages and injunctive relief. The Company does not expect that its prosecution of its claims against Crystal will have a material effect on the Company’s general and administrative expenses or results of operations in future periods. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (c) | Exhibits | |||||
| Exhibit | Document | |||||
| 99.1 | Press release regarding the Company’s patent infringement lawsuit against Crystal Decisions, Inc., dated as of December 10, 2003. | |||||
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: December 12, 2003 |
MicroStrategy Incorporated (Registrant) | |||||||
| By: |
/S/ ERIC F. BROWN | |||||||
| Name: |
Eric F. Brown | |||||||
| Title: |
President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit | Description | |
| 99.1 | Press release regarding the Company’s patent infringement lawsuit against Crystal Decisions, Inc., dated as of December 10, 2003. | |