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Supreme Court Sides With Microsoft over AT&T

Mon, 30 Apr 2007 21:43:42 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that extended damages to overseas sales of Windows in the aftermath of a successful AT&T infringement lawsuit against Microsoft. AT&T and Microsoft reached an undisclosed... Read more...

Both sides in high-def DVD battle hunker down for long fight

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:51:40 +0000

In a city built on wagering, the smart money is staying on the sidelines when it comes to the battle between two high-definition DVD formats. The first shots between Blu-ray, backed by a Sony-led consortium,... Read more...

Court sides with palmOne in Xerox patent suit

Sat, 22 May 2004 03:15:15 +0000

A New York State judge on Friday sided with handheld computer maker palmOne Inc. in its lengthy patent infringement battle with Xerox Corp., ruling that Xerox's handwriting recognition software patent is invalid. Xerox, the office... Read more...

W3C sides with Microsoft against Eolas patent

Wed, 29 Oct 2003 19:32:26 +0000

The World Wide Web Consortium has taken up Microsoft's cause in a patent infringement lawsuit by urging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to invalidate the related patent "in order to prevent substantial economic and... Read more...

Supreme Court sides with NextWave

Michael Stanclift — Mon, 27 Jan 2003 19:17:17 +0000

The Supreme Court ruled Monday that the government wrongly seized more than 200 lucrative wireless licenses from a bankrupt telecommunications company. The ruling was a victory for NextWave Telecom Inc., a young... Read more...

Microsoft chooses sides in DVD war

Thu, 11 Apr 2002 02:18:49 +0000

Microsoft has decided to support one of two competing formats for popular DVD recording technology, a decision that is intended to make the storage devices as easy to use as current CD burners and floppy... Read more...