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Microsoft Found Guilty of Patent Infringement

Posted by samzenpus on from the pay-up dept.

Spy der Mann writes "Microsoft has been found guilty of patent infringement and ordered to pay a Guatamalan inventor Carlos Armando Amado almost $9m in damages. The US District Court of Central California court ruled that Microsoft had infringed on his intellectual property and ordered it to pay him $8.96m. The patent in question is a method to transfer data between Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Access using a single spreadsheet."

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  1. Re:Like little children... by TheKidWho · · Score: 0, Troll

    pseudo-intelluctual

    Must be one of them Europeans

  2. Re:David vs Goliath by Master+of+Transhuman · · Score: 0, Troll


    He'll probably pay the guy from the Gates Foundation assets and call it a "charitable contribution" on his taxes.

    That would be like him.

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  3. Damn! I'm going to be rich! by greylingrover · · Score: 1, Troll

    I developed a way to transfer data from Excel to FileMaker, it's called typing. Can I have a check also?

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