Court Orders Microsoft to Pay $388 Million in Patent Dispute
Court Orders Microsoft to Pay $388 Million in Patent Dispute
Posted 04/09/2009 at 3:43pm
| by Andy Salisbury
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Earlier this week Microsoft was slapped with a $388 million verdict in a long-running patent infringement case against Uniloc.
The lawsuit claims that Microsoft’s means for activating products (such as Windows XP, Office XP and Windows Server 2003) infringed on a patent that Uniloc already owns, but Microsoft claims that they will appeal this verdict.
“We are very disappointed in the jury verdict,” wrote Microsoft spokesman Jack Evans. “We believe that we do not infringe, that the patent is invalid and that this award of damages is legally and factually unsupported. We will ask the court to overturn the verdict.”
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MeTo
April 10, 2009 at 6:22am
Is this ironic a company looking for thieves steals patented stuff to do it.
Yusonice
April 09, 2009 at 3:51pm
Microsoft, the world's largest software maker, allegedly stole a Singapore company's patented invention used to deter piracy.
Media reports said Microsoft could pay more than US$558 million in royalties for that.
The
lawyer for Uniloc Singapore, Paul Hayes, told jurors in a US court
hearing that Microsoft saw the company's patent and used it without
permission.Uniloc claims that Microsoft used its security technology to earn billions of dollars.
But Microsoft argues it uses a different method to prevent the use of unauthorised copies of its software.
It also questioned whether Uniloc's patent covers a new invention, and said the patent is obvious and should be deemed invalid.
From Channel NewsAsia, "Microsoft allegedly stole S'pore firm's patented invention".
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