PATENT INFRINGEMENT PLAYS

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FROM YAHOO ON I4I PATENT INFRINGMENT WITH MS

i4i Case Influence on VHC 26-Aug-09 07:22 pm I cannot find the previous message relating to the discussion about i4i's influence and/or similarity to VHC's litigation so I started a new thread.

Microsoft has fired back a response to the Eastern District and Judge Davis (see URL below) regarding his ruling in favor of i4i. Either MS truly believes that they have "justice" on their side and have been treated inequitably or they are attempting to once again leverage their size/market position to shoot down his i4i decision and awards. As someone stated here before maybe the most appropriate way to cure their legal and patent infringement problems would be to pay the plaintiff and settle the case.

I do not have a legal background but I have got to think that with Judge Davis' reputation and track record an appellate court would have to find significant errors in his legal judgment in order to reverse it. It will be very interesting to see how this plays out. Maybe MS is not use to a court of law that truly believes that individuals and companies are entitled to their intellectual property "rights."

Also, from a practical point of view I don't know whether the language and strategy that MS' attorneys have employed here is the best way to ingratiate yourself to a judge that will be hearing another trial against you in less than seven months. In any case, the scenario that is unfolding here with i4i, McKool Smith APC and Judge Davis cannot but help lay some groundwork for VHC's jury trial on March 8, 2010. A major difference (IMHO) though is that VHC's litigation will have much broader legal roots, IP claims and financial consequences.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9...