$1.5 Billion MP3 Fine Against Microsoft Struck Down
 

*Source: BetaNews (http://www.betanews.com/article/15_B...n/1186501361)*
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In the clearest sign yet that the landscape for patent infringement cases was altered significantly by the US Supreme Court, Judge Rudi Brewster of District Court in San Diego late yesterday tossed out a $1.5 billion jury verdict against Microsoft, partially overturning that verdict on one infringement count and remanding the second to a lower court for retrial.

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