$1.53 Billion Verdict Against Microsoft

Judge Approves $1.53 Billion Verdict Against Microsoft

A federal judge has approved a jury's decision to award Alcatel-Lucent SA $1.53 billion in damages after finding that software company Microsoft violated its patents.

Judge Rudi Brewster, of U.S. District Court in San Diego, signed off on the award Monday.

In February, a jury found that Microsoft's Windows Media Player software violated digital speech patents owned by Lucent Technologies, which was acquired last year by Paris-based Alcatel.

Microsoft said it plans to challenge the ruling by Brewster, who in March dismissed a related claim by Alcatel-Lucent against Microsoft.

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