Microsoft Should Pay Alcatel Up to $75 Million Over Patent, Witness Says - Bloomberg

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) owes Alcatel-Lucent as much as $75 million in “reasonable and fair” damages for infringing a patent that covers a touch-screen form entry in Microsoft’s Outlook program, a witness testified. A jury in San Diego federal court in 2008 found that Microsoft had infringed the patent and awarded $358 million in damages. While upholding the verdict, an...