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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Xeen on 15 January 2004, 19:19

Title: M$ ordered to pay up $566 million
Post by: Xeen on 15 January 2004, 19:19
Last year, Microsoft was sued for patent infringing and lost. They were ordered to pay up $521 million in fines. They appealed the case, and today lost the appeal too! Now they must not only pay up that $521 million, but another $45 million in interest for the delay. M$ has 30 days to appeal yet again.

http://www.theregister.com/content/4/34897.html (http://www.theregister.com/content/4/34897.html)
Title: M$ ordered to pay up $566 million
Post by: Mistshadow on 15 January 2004, 21:14
:D    :D    :D    :D    :D  

Now, if one measly little million could somehow wind up over here to me...
Title: M$ ordered to pay up $566 million
Post by: rklesla on 15 January 2004, 23:09
quote:
Originally posted by xeen:
Last year, Microsoft was sued for patent infringing and lost. They were ordered to pay up $521 million in fines. They appealed the case, and today lost the appeal too! Now they must not only pay up that $521 million, but another $45 million in interest for the delay. M$ has 30 days to appeal yet again.

http://www.theregister.com/content/4/34897.html (http://www.theregister.com/content/4/34897.html)


I hope they appeal and lose again and owe another 55 million in interest.

[ January 15, 2004: Message edited by: Microsoft's Caretaker ]

Title: M$ ordered to pay up $566 million
Post by: WMD on 16 January 2004, 05:53
Patent infringement...MS seems so hypocritical at times like this.  (http://redface.gif)
Title: M$ ordered to pay up $566 million
Post by: mobrien_12 on 17 January 2004, 00:10
No this is the lawsuit MS should have won... the one where eolas claimed to have patented the concept of plugins.
Title: M$ ordered to pay up $566 million
Post by: PseudoRandomDragon on 17 January 2004, 02:48
Well, what goes around comes around.
Title: M$ ordered to pay up $566 million
Post by: Kintaro on 17 January 2004, 04:14
eh
Title: M$ ordered to pay up $566 million
Post by: Xeen on 17 January 2004, 04:35
quote:
Originally posted by X11: doogee.is.dreaming.org:
eh


great post...
Title: M$ ordered to pay up $566 million
Post by: Stilly on 17 January 2004, 04:47
indeed ms should have won

but in an ideal case the judge would fine both companies and throw a big party!
Title: M$ ordered to pay up $566 million
Post by: WMD on 17 January 2004, 23:22
quote:
Originally posted by M. O'Brien:
No this is the lawsuit MS should have won... the one where eolas claimed to have patented the concept of plugins.


Oh...  (http://tongue.gif)