Anusha
02-23-2007, 08:18 AM
Before anyone takes an anti-MS slant to this, read the article... its rather puzzling
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.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said the patents in question govern the conversion of audio into the digital MP3 file format on personal computers.
In short, Alcatel-Lucent sued MS over the MP3 file format, which MS has already licensed from Fraunhofer; who not only created it, but at last check was also the current license holder of the MP3 standard. Yeah it's a head scratcher.
Source: ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2896656&page=1)
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.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker said the patents in question govern the conversion of audio into the digital MP3 file format on personal computers.
In short, Alcatel-Lucent sued MS over the MP3 file format, which MS has already licensed from Fraunhofer; who not only created it, but at last check was also the current license holder of the MP3 standard. Yeah it's a head scratcher.
Source: ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2896656&page=1)