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Microsoft claims Belkin violated patent

by Ryan Carter on August 6, 2006 at 01:00 PM

Microsoft has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Belkin, claiming Belkin violated their US patent for peripherals, by importing a product that infringes on Microsoft's U2 port sensing technology. For once, Microsoft is on the other end of a lawsuit. Most of the time they are the ones in trouble. I guess it just means that life isn't so unfair after all. Microsoft had tried to get Belkin to license its own technology to avoid this lawsuit, but to no avail. I guess this means that Belkin is confident in their legal team? Microsoft already licenses their technology to many other companies, wants Belkin to do the same, and isn't seeking monetary damages against Belkin...yet.

[Via InformationWeek]

Tags: belkin, hardware, infringement, microsoft, news, U2

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Night ElveAug 6th 2006 3:06PM

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Go Belkin go ¡¡¡ Lets kick Microsot ass.

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