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March 18, 2007
Chalk One More
Microsoft
won a small victory Wednesday in fending off Alcatel-Lucent's patent onslaught,
when the San Diego district court judge refereeing the conflict pitched
4,763,356, claiming touch-screen form entry, in summary judgment as not
infringed.
Of course Microsoft is still smarting from the $1.52 billion tail pinned on its ass late last month, which faces appeal. Following that, Microsoft had shucked off Alcatel-Lucent's assertion of a speech recognition patent.
This is an ongoing war. Alcatel has at least three more patent battles lined up in San Diego. Microsoft has counterclaimed with 10 of its own patents.
Posted by Patent Hawk at March 18, 2007 12:07 AM | Litigation