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$1.5B Fine Overturned For Microsoft

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the someone-is-getting-a-bonus dept.

ddrichardson writes "Following up on an earlier story, Microsoft's $1.5bn fine in the case with Alcatel-Lucent has been overturned. Microsoft are claiming a "victory for consumers". From the article: 'A US court has overturned a decision ordering Microsoft to pay phone firm Alcatel-Lucent $1.52bn (£777m) for infringing music patents. The federal judge in San Diego reversed a jury's decision which had ruled that Microsoft's Media Player software infringed on two Alcatel patents.'"

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  1. I, for one, welcome our... by Will+the+Chill · · Score: -1, Troll

    patent-infringing fine-dodging fuddy-bloatware overlords!

    -WtC

    *please insert sig*

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