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"We won't go so far as to compare this to the epic multi-year Broadcom vs. Qualcomm saga, but this is certainly shaping up to be the case that never ends, part II. Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent have been at each other's throats over various things since August of 2007, and while we've seen damages awarded and overturned a few times since, the latest ruling to be handed down by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has A-L waiting a wee bit longer to get its (maybe) due. This past Friday, the court decided that while a $358 million damages award against Microsoft for \"violating patents relating to technology that allows users to enter dates into calendars in its Outlook e-mail program\" was somewhat legitimate, the damages were \"unjustified.\" The result? The whole thing has to be retried, giving the contracted law firms for both companies immense joy."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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