TV patent suit against Microsoft will proceed
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
A California judge has denied three motions for summary judgement in a patent infringement case filed by TV Interactive Data against Microsoft , meaning the case will proceed to trial. TVI has alleged that Microsoft's "autoplay" feature in Windows infringes upon patents it holds for the automatic startup of an application after a storage device has been inserted into a PC or other device. Microsoft had sought a summary judgement to dismiss all of TVI's claims before they reached trial, claiming they were without merit in documents filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.