Jury tells Microsoft to fork over $200M
[caption id="attachment_1490" align="alignleft" width="136" caption="SteveB isn't worried about the case"][/caption] A Texas jury sided with Toronto's i4i and their US Patent 5,787,499 and ordered Microsoft to pay $200 million for patent infringement involving its Microsoft Office products. i4i, a collaborative authoring and document-management software company, filed the case in March 2007. Karen Heater, President "felt vindicated" with the decision.
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After all the years of stalemate, it seems as if Congress has finally made some initial progress in their efforts to overhaul the U.S. patent system. Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved potential changes to U.S. patent laws by a 15-4 margin, reports CNNMoney. One of the changes this bill would bring to the patent system is revising the calculations of damages in patent-infringement lawsuits. The concept of a "gatekeeper," to be played by judges, would be introduced ...
Discovery Sues Amazon over Kindle
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Jury tells Microsoft to fork over $200M
SteveB isn't worried about the case A Texas jury sided with Toronto’s i4i...
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