Alcatel-Lucent vs Xbox DVD Player Trial Started Options

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Alcatel-Lucent vs Xbox DVD Player Trial Started Posted by XanTium | April 23 16:04 EST | News Category: Xbox

From seattlepi.nwsource.com: [QUOTE] Opening statements began in U.S. District Court today in San Diego in the third of a five-trial series between Paris-based Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft. Alcatel-Lucent may seek hundreds of millions of dollars on its claim that Microsoft's Xbox console and DVD player infringes a 1993 patent for coding video frames. Microsoft contends the video-coding patent isn't valid because the technology wasn't new and that it's unenforceable because Alcatel-Lucent withheld information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. "We have not taken one thing from them, and we don't use their patent," John Gartman, an attorney for Microsoft, told the seven men and two women in the jury. John Desmarais, an attorney for a patent trust that lists Alcatel-Lucent as a 99 percent beneficiary, told jurors Tuesday that he is seeking $1.50 for each use of the video-coding patent, though he didn't say how many times it has been used or what the total sought would be. He said the request was a "reasonable royalty" for Microsoft's usage. In the second trial, he sought $1.75 billion. [/QUOTE] Full Story: seattlepi.nwsource.com