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$358 Million Patent Judgment Against Microsoft Overturned

Posted by Soulskill on from the ain't-over-till-it's-over dept.

eldavojohn writes "Last year, Microsoft was ordered to pay Alcatel-Lucent hundreds of millions of dollars for patent infringement. Well, that award has just been overturned by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, saving Microsoft a considerable sum. But Microsoft isn't in the clear yet; the appellate court said that they did infringe on Alcatel-Lucent patents, but that those infringements did not warrant $358 million in damages. The case needs to be retried."

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  1. Fuck you all! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Macfags and M$ chair monkeys can all suck my fucking dick!

    Fuck you!

  2. Re:Mod me flamebait if you like... by Pigskin-Referee · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The fact is that the EC is a group whose philosophy is based on socialistic/fascist economic beliefs. The EC, with great podding by Opera, is attempting to force Microsoft to include it in its distribution. Maybe next they will require Mercedes Benz to include Chevrolet engines in their cars.

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  3. Re:Mod me flamebait if you like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    when a US court of appeal overturn the damages awarded by a lower court to a rightful holder of a patent, it's just sheer justice done to a strategic company. It absolutely doesn't matter in the latter case that the victim is EU based and the offender is an already convicted US based monopolist with a track record of shoddy behaviours as long as the road 66.

    Mod me flamebait and prove that you have no sense of humor...

    It absolutely matters that the 'victim' is French. If there's one country that has mastered a track record of shoddy behaviors it's the snail-eating surrender monkeys. If the US has victimized Alcatel by requiring that the accept less than $360 million for displaying a point-and-click calendar page on a UI, then I suggest that you victimize the US by placing an embargo on your Frenchy ways.