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MP3 ruling could haunt music tech firms
AP   Saturday, 24 February 2007

The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia.  A US jury found Microsoft guilty of infringing Alcatel-Lucent patents and ordered the software giant to pay the French-US firm 1.5 billion dollars.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AP - A federal jury's ruling that Microsoft infringed on two MP3 patents and must pay $1.52 billion in damages could turn into a major sour note for other technology companies in the digital music business.


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Microsoft MP3 verdict music to lawyers' ears
AFP   Saturday, 24 February 2007

The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. The digital music industry could be at risk of a fundamental shake-up after Microsoft was found guilty of infringing Alcatel-Lucent patents on the ubiquitous MP3 format.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - The digital music industry could be at risk of a fundamental shake-up after Microsoft was found guilty of infringing Alcatel-Lucent patents on the ubiquitous MP3 format.


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Microsoft's Loss to Alcatel-Lucent Could Tip AT&T Patent Dispute
PC Magazine   Friday, 23 February 2007
PC Magazine - The fates of the two patent infringement cases are intertwined, and the results will affect companies beyond Microsoft.
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Stock futures slip on oil, Microsoft news
AP   Friday, 23 February 2007

Taizo Nishimuro (C), President of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, talks with Chris Gibson-Smith (3R), Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, as Nishimuro officially opens trading at the London Stock Exchange, February 23, 2007. (Toby Melville/Reuters)AP - U.S. stock futures pointed lower on Friday, with oil price strength continuing to affect markets, patent concerns weighing on software giant Microsoft and unfavorable results set to weigh on a pair of firms involved in tax preparation.


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Microsoft ordered to pay $1.5B to Alcatel
USATODAY.com   Friday, 23 February 2007
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - A federal jury found that Microsoft infringed on audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and should pay $1.52 billion in damages, Microsoft said Thursday.
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Jury orders Microsoft to pay $1.52B
AP   Friday, 23 February 2007

A pedestrian passes a sign at one of the entrances to Microsoft Corp.'s Redmond, Wash., campus in this 2004 file photo. Microsoft Corp. must pay $1.52 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, FILE)AP - Microsoft Corp. must pay $1.52 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled Thursday.


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Google Guns For Microsoft With Web-Based Office Suite
Investor's Business Daily   Friday, 23 February 2007
Investor's Business Daily - Google may need to stock up on a lot of chisels -- and patience -- before it can hope to chip away any meaningful business from Microsoft.
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Microsoft hit with $1.5B in damages
AP   Friday, 23 February 2007
AP - 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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Jury orders Microsoft to pay Lucent-Alcatel $1.5B fine
InfoWorld   Friday, 23 February 2007
InfoWorld - Microsoft must pay $1.5 billion in damages to Lucent-Alcatel for infringing on patents for MP3 encoding and decoding technology, a U.S. jury said Thursday.
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ATT, Microsoft take patent battle to US Supreme Court
AFP   Thursday, 22 February 2007

Supreme Court police officers stand in front of the US Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC.  Microsoft, backed by the US government and heavyweight corporations, took its patent battle with telecommunications giant AT and T to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a case that has wide implications for US firms doing business abroad.(AFP/File/Manny Ceneta)AFP - Microsoft, backed by the US government and heavyweight corporations, took its patent battle with telecommunications giant AT and T to the Supreme Court Wednesday, in a case that has wide implications for US firms doing business abroad.


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Microsoft's Free Virtual PC: What 'Free' Means
PC Magazine   Wednesday, 21 February 2007
PC Magazine - Yesterday's release of Virtual PC 2007 continues a longstanding Microsoft trend: Give away free something valuable to gain market share against a dominant competitor.
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