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Tenth Circuit overturns grant of summary judgment despite defendant’s “powerful arguments” regarding interpretation of copyright ownership license
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- September 28 2009
Analyzing an allegedly ambiguous contract in a complicated, multimillion-dollar dispute over source code copyrights for the Unix operating system, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reiterated that “powerful arguments” are insufficient to warrant summary judgment and remanded for a trial
Underscoring necessity of filing pre-verdict JMOL motions, Federal Circuit upholds permanent injunction, $240 million damages award against Microsoft
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- December 23 2009
The pivotal rulings by the Federal Circuit relate to validity and damage issues
Reissued i4i panel opinion clarifies willfulness analysis
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- April 28 2010
In a re-issuance of an earlier opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified the willfulness analysis of its earlier decision that affirmed a jury’s $200 million award against Microsoft in a patent infringement action
No pre-verdict JMOL motions, no review of jury damage award
- McDermott Will & Emery
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- USA
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- January 30 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a permanent injunction and an award of $240 million in damages against Microsoft for patent infringement in connection with certain versions of MS Word software that offer XML editing functionality
