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February 21, 2008
Infringement Kimchee
Korea
Aerospace University Professor Lee Keung-hae invented software for automatic
linguistic switching between Korean and English. Lee lost his initial patent
assertion against Microsoft for its Korean version of Word, in 2000. At the
time, Lee claimed $42,000 in damages. Following trial, Microsoft countersued Lee
in 2001 to invalidate the patent, but the Korean Supreme Court ruled that Lee
was holder of a valid patent. As a result, a lower court recently ruled in Lee's
favor. Lee is now totting up damages, expected to be at least an order of
magnitude greater than those originally sought.
Sources: The Korea Times, english.chosun.com
Posted by Patent Hawk at February 21, 2008 1:42 AM | International