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Microsoft Corp. on Thursday lost the first of six patent lawsuits brought by Paris-based telecom equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent, and a federal district court jury set damages at $1.5 billion.

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  • Avg rating: (+0/-0 0)TechnologyExpert
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    Feb. 22, 2007, 7:43 p.m.

    Interesting tidbit from BetaNews:

    "Experts had earlier feared that an Alcatel-Lucent victory could pave the way for the company to pursue similar patent suits against Fraunhofer licensees, including perhaps the biggest one of all: Apple. Another French technology firm, Thomson, co-manages the world's leading MP3 licensing firm with Fraunhofer, which sells the rights for software manufacturers and content providers to distribute and stream audio encoded using MP3."

    http://www.betanews.com/article/AlcatelLucent_Vict

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