The jury has weighed in on the Alcatel-Microsoft case, forcing Microsoft to fork over $1.5 billion to Alcatel for violating two audio patents held by Lucent Technologies (which merged with Alcatel). Ironically, the patents cover standards for converting audio into the open MP3 format that spawned the digital music revolution back in the early 1990s. […]
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Alcatel can’t compete in digital music, so it sues its way to success instead
February 24th, 2007
Tags: intellectual property · digital music · MP3