Microsoft gets mixed ruling in latest Alcatel-Lucent case
PC World | at | by Mike
Microsoft received a mixed ruling in the latest round of lawsuits between it and Alcatel-Lucent. This time, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California found that Microsoft did not infringe on an Alcatel-Lucent patent covering video encoding technology. "We are gratified that the jury found Microsoft did not infringe Alcatel-Lucent's video encoding patent and rejected Alcatel-Lucent's exorbitant US$419 million damages claim," said Tom Burt, Microsoft corporate vice president and deputy general counsel, in an e-mailed statement. The jury also upheld four Microsoft patents, but found that Alcatel-Lucent didn't infringe them, and found one Microsoft patent invalid.