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Comments on: Court sides with Microsoft in Alcatel-Lucent case

A federal appeals court says Microsoft doesn't have to pay damages in a long-running patent case over the MP3 music format.

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by dhavleak September 25, 2008 6:22 PM PDT
This is great news for the entire industry. Alcatel Lucent is acting like a patent troll here. If the courts made MS pay up, Alcatel Lucent would have gone after Apple, Real, Rhapsody, Napster, etc. etc. next..
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by Penguinisto September 25, 2008 7:21 PM PDT
Agreed - no matter who was in the docket, the mp3 "patent" was silly on the face, and behind the scenes.
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by AppleSuxLeo September 25, 2008 9:23 PM PDT
Yay for Mr Softie. We are PC`s...and we aren`t going to take it any more !
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by maverick_nick September 26, 2008 4:00 AM PDT
Another reason that the patent system needs to be altered. When will companies realize that they can't put a patent on common sense? The patent system should only protect true innovation for a limited period of time before allowing the rest of the market to join the arena.
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