Patent Law

Boeing wins patent case against NASA over aluminum alloy in shuttle

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

Boeing Co. may get hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation after winning a patent-infringement claim against NASA over an aluminum alloy used to build the space shuttle.

As this was a suit against the federal government, it was heard in the Court of Claims.

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A jury in Providence, R.I., found that Microsoft violated the patent of Uniloc Singapore Private Ltd. and Uniloc USA Inc. Uniloc, which filed the lawsuit 5 1/2 years ago, claimed Microsoft wrongfully used its technology to earn billions.

Microsoft, based in Redmond, Wash., argued that it used a different method for registering software and that Uniloc's patent was obvious. A Microsoft spokesman said the company would ask the court to overturn the verdict.

Full post as published by IPBiz on April 09, 2009 (boomark / email).