The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that found Microsoft unlawfully infringed on i4i’s document-editing patents by incorporating its technology in some of its Word products. The $290 million penalty is small change for Microsoft, but the verdict could have more troubling implications for the company, as well as for fellow tech giants Google and Apple, which supported Microsoft’s appeal. Essentially, the high court rejected Microsoft’s attempt to overturn the lower court’s ruling because the judge did not use Microsoft’s requested lower standard of proof.
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i4i Claims Victory for Innovation in SC Ruling Against Microsoft
Posted by: Erika Morphy June 9, 2011 03:38 PMThe U.S. Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that found Microsoft unlawfully infringed on i4i’s document-editing patents by incorporating its technology in some of its Word products. The $290 million penalty is small change for Microsoft, but the verdict could have more troubling implications for the company, as well as for fellow tech giants Google and Apple, which supported Microsoft’s appeal. Essentially, the high court rejected Microsoft’s attempt to overturn the lower court’s ruling because the judge did not use Microsoft’s requested lower standard of proof.