Microsoft patent ruling [Federal Circuit]

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Microsoft patent ruling [Federal Circuit]

July 14, 2005 09:47:00 pm

US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, July 14, 2005 [ruling upholding a lower court decision that Microsoft Corp. was liable for infringing on an AT&T Corp. patent for converting speech into computer code in copies of Windows operating system sold abroad]. Excerpt:

Microsoft's impassioned recitation of a parade of horribles that may befall the domestic software industry â€” such as the relocation of manufacturing facilities overseas â€” provides an insufficient basis for reaching a different result in this case.

Read the full text of the opinion here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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