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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. 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.

  3. 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]