The court ordered Microsoft to pay $ 70 million for network equipment manufacturer Alcatel-Lucent in a patent dispute lasting many years. At one point penalty to court requested $ 1.5 billion.
On 7/30/2011, a jury in San Diego (USA) issued the ruling, which Microsoft violating several patents in several products (including Outlook). Lucent sued in 2003, before the merger with Alcatel.
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In 2007, a jury in the same court ordered Microsoft to pay Lucent $ 1.5 billion because the infringement. The judge has overturned that decision, saying that Microsoft breaks one of two patents because patent No. 2 is co-owned with a European research institutes, so the courts are not competent to reject authority owned by Microsoft. Lucent appealed, but a federal appeals court decisions remain the inferior courts. Then the two companies own the majority settled lawsuits with the content, but there are still some issues continue to be addressed both within and outside the court. Punishment for Microsoft sometimes have up to 511 million before the latest ruling was made.A spokesman for Microsoft declined to say whether the company has filed an appeal or not. A spokesman for Alcatel-Lucent has not made any comments.
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