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Judges and Judiciary

Feb. 24, 2007

S.D. Jury Hits Microsoft for $1.5 Billion

In one of the biggest patent verdicts ever, a federal jury in San Diego found that Microsoft Corp. had infringed Alcatel-Lucent's patents and should pay the company $1.5 billion in damages.

By Anna Oberthur
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      In one of the biggest patent verdicts ever, a federal jury in San Diego found that Microsoft Corp. had infringed Alcatel-Lucent's patents and should pay the company $1.5 billion in damages.
      The jury ruled Thursday that Microsoft had infringed two Alcatel-Lucent patents with its Windows Media Player, and it awarded the company $769,028,351 in d...

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