Supreme Court ponders review of Microsoft patent case
PC World | at | by Mike
The opinion of the U.S. government could be the deciding factor on whether the Supreme Court hears an appeal by Microsoft to avoid paying overseas fines in a patent dispute with AT&T.
The Supreme Court is asking the administration of President George Bush for its opinion on whether to review a patent case between Microsoft and AT&T--which was AT&T in 2001 when the case was filed--over audio-compression technology. In a court order filed this week, the highest court in the U.S. asked the solicitor general to file a brief expressing the opinions of the government in the case.