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Patent Infringement Dispute
This is a settlement for the Trademark, Copyright, Patent lawsuit.
San Diego, CA: (Apr-04-08) Alcatel-Lucent brought a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft Corporation, alleging that it infringed on two of its patents related to handwriting recognition technology. The suit claimed that Microsoft used handwriting recognition technology in its Tablet PC operating system, which was an infringement of pattern recognition patents held by Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent.
A US District Court jury in San Diego found that there was infringement with regards to the technology, though Microsoft was found not to have infringed on a video decoding patent related to the way the Windows operating system plays DVDs. It also decreed that some of the software giant's programs, including the Outlook email application and the Windows Mobile operating system, infringed on an Alcatel-Lucent patent in the way users select calendar dates from a menu.
As part of a settlement agreement entered into by both parties, the jury ordered Microsoft to pay 234 million euros, US$367.4 million, to Alcatel-Lucent, resolving the allegations. Mary Lou Ambrus, spokesperson for Alcatel, stated that the company was disappointed with the court's decision regarding the video patents. Sources stated that this was just one of many lawsuits stemming from 15 patent claims made in 2003 by Lucent Technologies against PC makers Gateway and Dell for technology developed by Bell Labs, Lucent's research arm. [AMERICA'S NETWORK: MICROSOFT ORDERED TO PAY ALCATEL-LUCENT $367.4 M IN PATENT SETTLEMENT]
Published on Apr-7-08
A US District Court jury in San Diego found that there was infringement with regards to the technology, though Microsoft was found not to have infringed on a video decoding patent related to the way the Windows operating system plays DVDs. It also decreed that some of the software giant's programs, including the Outlook email application and the Windows Mobile operating system, infringed on an Alcatel-Lucent patent in the way users select calendar dates from a menu.
As part of a settlement agreement entered into by both parties, the jury ordered Microsoft to pay 234 million euros, US$367.4 million, to Alcatel-Lucent, resolving the allegations. Mary Lou Ambrus, spokesperson for Alcatel, stated that the company was disappointed with the court's decision regarding the video patents. Sources stated that this was just one of many lawsuits stemming from 15 patent claims made in 2003 by Lucent Technologies against PC makers Gateway and Dell for technology developed by Bell Labs, Lucent's research arm. [
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