Microsoft plea: Toss ruling on patents
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Microsoft asked an appeals court to throw out a finding that it must pay a Michigan company $142 million for infringing patents for a way to thwart software piracy.
Microsoft said Thursday a federal court jury in Tyler, Texas, got it wrong in 2006 when it said Microsoft's Office program and Windows XP operating system infringed two patents owned by z4 Technologies Inc. The jury awarded $115 million in damages, increased by the judge because of a finding that Microsoft's infringement was willful.