Microsoft told to pay Uniloc in patent infringement case

Microsoft told to pay Uniloc in patent infringement case

Microsoft has lost a patent battle and has been asked to pay $388 million in damages to Uniloc Inc.

Uniloc specializes in developing technologies aimed at preventing piracy of software applications.

The company had claimed that Microsoft was infringing on their patents in Windows XP and some Office programs.

Paul Hayes, Uniloc’s attorney spoke after winning the lawsuit: “They’ve been struggling for six years against Microsoft the giant, and finally, justice has prevailed.”

Microsoft has however said that they would appeal the decision.

A company representative said: “We are very disappointed in the jury verdict. We believe that we do not infringe, that the patent is invalid and that this award of damages is legally and factually unsupported.”