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 Posted: Fri May 09, 2008 1:09 pm Post subject: Appeals court revives patent claims against Microsoft, Dell |
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WASHINGTON — Microsoft Corp. and Dell Inc. face patent claims over computer-data technology after an appeals court revived a lawsuit brought by Alcatel-Lucent, the world's largest maker of telecommunications equipment.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said a trial judge erred in saying that Dell and Microsoft didn't infringe an Alcatel-Lucent patent for a system that allows information exchange between a computer server and a workstation or a mobile device. It affirmed a finding that a second patent wasn't infringed.
The two patents are among a group that Alcatel-Lucent claims were violated by features within Dell computers that used Microsoft's Windows operating system.
Two trials involving other Alcatel-Lucent patents resulted in jury verdicts with almost $2 billion worth of damages against Microsoft, and another trial in the dispute is under way in San Diego.
The appeals court disagreed with the trial court's pretrial definition of a terminal device and ordered it back to the trial court to be reconsidered.
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http://www.statesman.com/business/content/business/stories/other/05/09/0509bizbriefs.html |
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