Microsoft sued for patent infringement

Fort Worth, Texas-based Vertical Computer Systems said Friday that it has filed a patent infringement suit against Microsoft. Vertical filed its suit Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Texas, claiming Microsoft's .Net technology infringes on its patent.

A Microsoft representative said that the company had yet to be served with a copy of the lawsuit and said it was premature to comment.

[suyts]

Just another...

Just another get-rich-quick scheme. The .net has been out for how many years? Now they are sueing. It seems now that anytime a tech company is in financial trouble, they sue MS, hoping for a quick settlement. What a load of crap. I haven't seen any development product that comes anywhere close to the .net framework.

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This story lacks any details

This story lacks any details that could be used to even marginally determine what the essence of this suit is about.

I seriously doubt this company is suing MS for the whole of .net, more likely it's one single part or feature but there's no details to know for sure!

[fred dunn]

The way the patent is written then JAVA...

must infringe as well since it also has a "framework" requisite.
That patent is so blatently prior art it's not even funny.

[HLJohnson]

Vertical Computer Systems Settles Patent Suit With MicrosoftLast update: 8/1/2008 1:51:37 PMDOW JONES NEWSWIRES Vertical Computer Systems Inc. (VCSY) settled the patent infringement claim that it initiated in federal court against Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), according to a document filed Friday with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under a confidential settlement agreement, the company said it granted Microsoft a non-exclusive, fully paid-up license under the patent which was the subject of the legal proceeding. No further details of the settlement was provided in the filing. Vertical Computer shares traded recently at 8 cents, up 1 cent, while shares of Microsoft recently traded at $25.32, off 40 cents. - Chad Clinton, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-1349; [e-mail] Click here to go to Dow Jones NewsPlus, a web front page of today's most important business and market news, analysis and commentary: http://www.djnewsplus.com/al?rnd=DH3lPMl... You can use this link on the day this article is published and the following day. (END) Dow Jones NewswiresAugust 01, 2008 13:51 ET (17:51 GMT)