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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. and in even more news: by UberGeekEdward · · Score: -1, Troll

    today satan declared war on guatemala. He is quoted as saying: " I have to protect my investment in Microsquish"

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  2. troolkore by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    survey which need to joi8 the

  3. Re:Like little children... by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: -1, Troll
    Take your smarmy pseudo-intellectual... blaw, blaw, blaw...

    Thanks! I rarely get such high compliments! Usually it's along the lines of "you are such a jackass..." But you say I'm actually a pseudo-intellectual! Hot damn!

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

    pseudo-intelluctual

    Must be one of them Europeans

  5. 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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  6. 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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