Microsoft Loses Case Over Patents
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Microsoft was ordered by a federal jury to pay $1.52 billion in a patent dispute over the MP3 format.
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Judge dismisses one of several patent claims by Alcatel-Lucent against Microsoft, but others remain.
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Internet phone company Vonage loses a patent case that could threaten its business.
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Microsoft Corp. is fighting a rejection by U.S. patent authorities of a patent for its FAT (file allocation table) file system, the company said Thursday. Meanwhile, it's celebrating a jury decision clearing it of patent infringement charges related to a feature in its Office software.
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In a heavy blow to Microsoft&#39;s intellectual property rights, the US Patent and Trademark Office has initially rejected Microsoft&#39;s patent claims on the universally popular FAT (file allocation table) file system.
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The Redmond, Washington, software maker loses the first of six patent lawsuits filed against it by France's Alcatel-Lucent. By the Associated Press.
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InfoWorld - A California-based software company has filed a patent infringement suit against Microsoft over two patents that enable the creation of virtual private networks.
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In a preliminary ruling, the government rejected Microsoft&#39;s 1996 patent on technology for saving files on computers using easy-to-remember names.
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A lawyer for AT&amp;T argued before a skeptical Supreme Court yesterday that Microsoft Corp. is violating one of its patents when it sends its Windows software overseas to be copied and placed on personal computers.
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Microsoft has lost a patent battle in South Korea concerning input mode technology in its Office software. The decision could force the Redmond company to halt sales of the popular productivity suite in that country, but it is fighting back.
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U.S. Supreme Court justices on  Wednesday expressed doubts about whether Microsoft Corp.   should be liable for infringing AT&T Inc.   patents in Windows software sold overseas, a case that could  determine the reach of American patents in foreign markets.
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US software giant Microsoft on Wednesday said it has withdrawn its two remaining appeals from European courts, after throwing in the towel in a long-running competition row with the European Commission.
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A U.S. federal jury found that  Microsoft Corp.  infringed audio patents held by  Alcatel-Lucent   and should pay $1.52 billion in  damages, Microsoft said on Thursday.
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Microsoft also narrowed its patent applications for the underlying technology in an effort to appease open-source critics. By TechWeb.
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A federal appeals court handed Google Inc a setback in a patent fight on Wednesday, tossing out part of a summary judgment in the Web search engine's favor in a lawsuit filed by Hyperphrase Technologies, LLC.
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A U.S. federal jury found that  Microsoft Corp. infringed audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent  and should pay $1.52 billion in damages, the No. 1 software  maker said on Thursday.
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Plans by Microsoft Corp to charge royalties on a library of patents are looking uncertain after the US Patent and Trademark Office rejected a key software patent claimed by the company.