$358 Million Patent Judgment Against Microsoft Overturned

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$358 Million Patent Judgment Against Microsoft Overturned

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 11, 2009 @09:10PM 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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hold on a minute there buddy :) by hebertrich · 2009-09-11 22:42 · Score: 2, Funny

Are you actually trying to make sense ?
Dang it dude .. you got to stop that shit , and i mean now :)
1. Re:hold on a minute there buddy :) by Forty+Two+Tenfold · 2009-09-11 22:53 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Sorry, I was taking life seriously... [lights up the bong]
  
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Re:Mod me flamebait if you like... by kamapuaa · 2009-09-12 00:13 · Score: 4, Funny

.. I've got karma to lose
Wow, you go on Slashdot and make a post that's both anti-US and anti-Microsoft? You really are taking a huge risk with your slashdot karma there!

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Re:Mod me flamebait if you like... by jamstar7 · 2009-09-12 02:57 · Score: 2, Funny

The only thing America is interested in is profit and fear mongering.
What more do you need?
Hookers and blow, of course. And blackjack.
On second thought, let's forget about the blackjack...

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Re:Yes, it is clear. by CarpetShark · 2009-09-12 05:20 · Score: 2, Funny

It wasn't 358M, rather it was 748M.
Epic win for M$.
640M ought to be enough for anybody.
Re:It's too bad by earlymon · 2009-09-12 05:24 · Score: 2, Funny

Every time the bastards get slapped with an as ginormous as ridiculous patent infringement judgement as this, I hope they see the light and start opposing software patents.
Hey, a boy can dream.
My dream is that the ginormous penalties might somehow result in their ethical behavior.

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