Microsoft's patent tab: $388M ought to do it
InternetNews | at | by Mike
A jury in Rhode Island decided Wednesday that Microsoft infringed a smaller company's software activations patent and ordered the larger firm to pay $388 million in damages and lost revenue.
Unsurprisingly, Microsoft was not pleased.
"We are very disappointed in the jury verdict. We believe that we do not infringe, that the patent is invalid and that this award of damages is legally and factually unsupported. We will ask the court to overturn the verdict," David Bowermaster, a Microsoft spokesperson, told InternetNews.com in an e-mailed statement.