Full FeedMicrosoft loses patent case and is ordered to pay $388 million
Microsoft has lost a patent violation suit and had a $388 million judgment levied against them. The suit was brought by Uniloc, a company that makes products that are meant to prevent software piracy. They accused part of Microsoft’s product activation system for Office and the Windows OS of infringing on their patent. A Rhode Island jury agreed. Their decision is a reversal of an earlier judgment in U.S. District Court that found in favor of Microsoft.
Microsoft spokesman told news agency Reuters that the company plans to appeal the verdict. “We believe that we do not infringe, that the patent is invalid, and that this award of damages is legally and factually unsupported,” the spokesman said.
Just last month Microsoft won a patent lawsuit of its own against popular GPS software maker TomTom. The company agreed to pay Microsoft for its use of its FAT file system technology in their GPS software.
Microsoft and other tech companies have join together in support of the Patent Reform Act of 2009, which says damages in patent cases should be awarded only on the basis of the inventor’s specific improvements over their prior work, and not on the whole value of the invention itself.
Uniloc has had no comment on the judgment.
Read [PCWorld]
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Microsoft is best company of world in it then why the company need done this kind of work. They should maintain there royalty
on April 21, 2009 at 02:13 AM - LINK