khrath
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 Posted: 04/07/06 - 09:18 Post subject: Lucent sues Microsoft and demands all 360's be recalled!
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Lucent, a technology company, has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and is demanding that the Big M pull all Xbox 360s from the market. The lawsuit, which was previously filed by Lucent against Microsoft, was ruled in favor of Microsoft, not on legal grounds, but because of a typographical error in Lucent’s patent papers. The presiding judge over the case advised Lucent to resubmit their lawsuit at a later date, with the error corrected.
Lucent claims that Microsoft has violated patent laws which have to do with the 360’s MPEG2 decoder. The decoder is used to facilitate certain video routines in the Xbox 360. The decoder, Lucent claims, is patented by them. The original patent was filed in 1993.
While it is highly unlikely for all 360s to be pulled from shelves, Lucent is using this threat to gain leverage to win their case — in court or out of court.
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http://www.gamernode.com/article/866
Thats just Karma kicking in because microsoft patented all those little b******t things.
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