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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. Re:Mod me flamebait if you like... by svtdragon · · Score: 1, Redundant

    There seems to be some Slashdot moderation rule whereby the phrase "I'm going to get modded down" or "I've got karma to lose" or the like invariably nets one "Interesting" or "Insightful". Really, is there just some automated slashscript function that could be employed without us having to waste our own mod points?

    Or maybe even +1, Should Be Modded Down.