Verify first... What could he say, other than Check it out for yourself. Rather than just remark of the cuff.
The dates if you had taken the time and checked out the complaints first, are Exactly what JPAUL quoted. June, Oct. Nov.
He did leave out one.
Microsoft bought PhoneFactor on Oct. 4, 2012. For $8.3M I believe.
StrikeForce Filed Suit on PhoneFactor : 03/28/2013.
This was actually Microsoft's 1st Unofficial Notification.
I'm sure PhoneFactor was a little embarrassed, and may delayed a little while before telling MSFT.
Infringment on Patents 599, 698, 70
$8.3M Paid for PF + $9.7M Settlement $18M total + NDA Licencing Agreement... Ah.... MSFT still got a bargain, rather than a permanent injunction order from the court and AZURE Active Directory Shutdowm, and Shutting Down MSFT Busine$$ Services worldwide.
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.."I know this firsthand from when my company was sued". .
Please help me off the floor as I'm ROTHFLOL.
When your MSFT with a $482 Billion Market Cap, Law Firms don't call you looking for a "Piece of the Action". You have your own pool of in house Lawyers. Here's a list of 25 of them. https://www.linkedin.com/title/attorney-at-microsoft
2nd you take exception, well here is page 3 of the of the Compalint notice the date at the top.
Then proceed to Item 13:
Which states: On October 10, 2012, StrikeForce’s Chief Executive Officer sent a letter to Microsoft’s Chief Executive Officer giving him actual notice of the ’599 Patent. On November 29, 2012, StrikeForce’s Chief Executive Officer also sent a letter to Microsoft’s Chief Patent Counsel giving him actual notice of the ‘599 Patent.
This is also a great piece I found a few months ago on the subject.
In lieu of a permanent injunction, order Defendant Microsoft to pay to Plaintiffmonetary damages that will be suffered as a result of Defendant Microsoft’s continuing post-verdict infringement of the ’599 Patent, ’698 Patent and ’701 Patent by requiring Defendant Microsoft to take a compulsory license at a reasonable royalty rate to be determined by the Court on all products that it makes, uses, offers for sale, sells, imports, distributes, markets, or advertises that infringe the ’599 Patent, ’698 Patent and ’701 Patent until the expiration of the ’599 Patent, ’698 Patent and ’701 Patent, which royalty payments shall commence three months after entry of the judgment and shall be made quarterly thereafter, and shall be accompanied by an accounting of the sales of infringing products by the Defendant Microsoft; I. Order such other measures in the form of audit rights, interest on late payments,
JURY DEMAND Pursuant to Rule 38 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Plaintiff demands that the issues in this case be tried by a jury. Dated: June 5, 2015