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Microsoft Wins Summary Judgement in Smart Tag Case

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the over-so-soon dept.

dan2bit writes "Business Week reports that a judge in Wisconsin handed down a summary judgement today in favor of Microsoft, defending itself from a patent infringement suit brought by small fish Hyperphrase over the embedding of 'Smart Tags' in Microsoft Office. The suit also produced some amusing minutiae."

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  1. Filing not late by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pursuant to the modified scheduling order, the parties in this case had until June 25, 2003 to file summary judgment motions. Any electronic document may be e-filed until midnight on the due date. In a scandalous affront to this court's deadlines, Microsoft did not file its summary judgment motion until 12:04:27 a.m. on June 26, 2003, with some supporting documents trickling in as late as 1:11:15 a.m.

    The message WAS actually sent June 23, but the exchange server was down until the 25th.

  2. The judge left an extra surprise for them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Notice that the court listed the names of all the lawyers on the team that submitted that motion, so that any time someone does a lexus-type search for any one of those lawyers, that filing will come up, thus embarassing them for years to come. The court put some thought into that one.

  3. It's there if you can bear the rest... by IthnkImParanoid · · Score: 4, Funny
    Granted, you have to wade through a lot of legal mumbo jumbo, but it was worth it for this:
    Before proceeding further, the Court notes that this case involves two extremely likable lawyers, who have together delivered some of the most amateurish pleadings ever to cross the hallowed causeway into Galveston, an effort which leads the Court to surmise but one plausible explanation. Both attorneys have obviously entered into a secret pact ? complete with hats, handshakes and cryptic words ? to draft their pleadings entirely in crayon on the back sides of gravy-stained paper place mats, in the hope that the Court would be so charmed by their child-like efforts that their utter dearth of legal authorities in their briefing would go unnoticed. Whatever actually occurred, the Court is now faced with the daunting task of deciphering their submissions.
    --
    It's nothing but crumpled porno and Ayn Rand.
  4. Judge Kent's Pigs by werdna · · Score: 5, Funny

    Judge Kent is bar far one of the funniest judges on the federal bench. I strongly comment a quick read of his opinion in this case, which concerned a motion drafted in crayon.

  5. Your court's clock may not be accurate! by BigRedFish · · Score: 5, Funny

    Would you like to download PrecisionTime from the Gator Corporation?

    [Yes] [OK] [Sure]