Microsoft Zapped by Software Patents; Goldfarb (of BayStar) Speaks About Microsoft Alliance
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2007-12-01 00:58:17 UTC
Modified: 2007-12-01 03:04:14 UTC
As further proof of the unhealthy state of patent law in the United States, consider this new story.
A company that was just awarded more than $140 million from Microsoft in a patent-infringement suit has sued the software giant again, this time for alleged infringements in Windows Vista and Office 2007.
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In April 2006, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Eastern Texas found that both Microsoft and Autodesk infringed on those patents, ordering Microsoft to pay $115 million to z4 and Autodesk $18 million.
Any BayStar connection to Microsoft, as shown again in this video, must be seen as suspicious. There are also links between BayStar and Acacia, which is the first patent troll to attack Linux. ⬆
We might never know the real number/s (Microsoft will keep the cards close to its chest) until there are leakers or unless there are whistleblowers with hard proof
LLMs are a passing fad; they're expensive and offer poor "value" for energy; they usually offer no value at all unless you are a cheater, spammer, and liar
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