The trouble came from no waiting: Microsoft will have to pay a fine in favor of Alcatel-Lucent. But not for the fact that she did not wish for nothing to give the latter access to information about her products, but for infringement of patents owned by Alcatel-Lucent.
The amount of the fine, which was voiced by the judge of the Federal District Court in San Diego, will amount to as much as $ 1.53 billion. Windows Media Player has been involved in patent infringement.
Alcatel-Lucent says they are pleased with this decision. Why should they be unhappy. However, Microsoft plans to appeal the court verdict. ')
via New York Times