Appeals Court Throws Out $358 Million Verdict Against Microsoft
A federal appeals court Friday affirmed a jury verdict that Microsoft Corp.’s (MSFT) Outlook software and two other products infringed an Alcatel-Lucent (ALU) patent, but ruled that a $358 million damages award against the software giant was not supported by evidence and needed to be re-calculated.
The case largely centered on Lucent’s claim that Microsoft Outlook’s calendar function infringed one of its patents. Microsoft argued that the patent was invalid and not infringed, but it also attacked the jury’s damages award as far too high.
