Video-coding case a charm for Microsoft
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft dodged another bullet in its ongoing patent fray with Alcatel-Lucent this week, when a jury in San Diego found that the software titan did not infringe on a video-coding patent the other firm owns.
The jury also decided that four of Microsoft's patents are valid. However, Alcatel-Lucent did not infringe them. Alcatel-Lucent had been seeking $419 million in damages in the case.
The trial was the last of three questioning whether Microsoft had infringed on several Alcatel-Lucent technologies.