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02/23: Alcatel-Lucent Case: Microsoft Must Pay $1.52 Billion

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From Yahoo! Finance:

Alcatel-Lucent shares rose Friday after a U.S jury ruled that Microsoft Corp. must pay the telecommunications equipment maker $1.52 billion in damages for violating two patents related to digital music.

Microsoft said Thursday that the patents in question govern the conversion of audio into the digital MP3 file format on personal computers.

Microsoft will appeal.

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