Microsoft ordered to pay $62M in patent suit
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A jury has ordered Microsoft to pay $62.3 million in damages for infringing on a technology patent held by a division of manufacturing and technology company SPX, the companies said Friday. SPX said its Imagexpo subsidiary sued Microsoft in October last year for infringing on its patent with a feature of Microsoft's NetMeeting conferencing product. The patent related to real-time conferencing, SPX said in a statement.
"We are disappointed in the jury's verdict and we continue to stand firm in our belief that there is no infringement of any kind on the patent" and that the Imagexpo and Microsoft technologies in question are "quite different," Microsoft spokeswoman Stacy Drake said. She added that certain aspects of Microsoft's defense in the case have yet to be ruled upon. Microsoft can appeal the outcome of the case, SPX said.