Microsoft on Wednesday was hit with a USD 388m verdict in a long-running patent-infringement case. In the suit, Uniloc alleged that Microsoft used its patented technology as part of the software giant’s product-activation methods. A federal jury in Rhode Island found that Windows XP, Office XP and Windows Server 2003 infringed on a Uniloc patent.
Well, if you’re going to run around suing people then you can’t expect others not to sue you too.
True…
$388M is pocket-money for Microsoft. They could have five or six cases like this every year and still be making money hand-over-fist.
This does nothing more than give MS another reason to sue some other developers in court to make up for more lost money…
Holy damn. Still, even if you have lotsa monies, 388 million is no small amount.
I wonder what this means for activation in the near future? Actually I was a bit surprised no one else was asking the question already…
–bornagainpenguin
… Die by the sword.
– Gilboa
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_Basic_.NET#.27IsNot.27_operator…
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TomTom#Patent_infringement_lawsuit