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EOLAS TECH. INC. v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent infringement dispute concerning computer software, a jury verdict in favor of plaintiff is reversed where the district court improperly...

TYPERIGHT KEYBOARD CORP.v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
In a patent dispute concerning ergonomic keyboards, the court reversed summary judgment for the defendants on defendant's claim of invalidity, and...

COMMON WEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS v. MICROSOFT

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Cyberspace Law
Plaintiffs' appeal of the consent decree in an antitrust case, alleging the decree was against the public interest and violated the Tunney Act was...

MICROSOFT CORP. v. MULTI-TECH SYS., INC.

Communications Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Patent
The district court properly construed the asserted claims of three of defendant's patents to be limited to communications over a telephone line and to...

IN RE MICROSOFT CORP. ANTITRUST LITIG.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Civil Procedure
In its pretrial order applying the doctrine of "offensive collateral estoppel" to preclude Microsoft from relitigating factual findings, the district...

IN RE: MICROSOFT CORP. ANTITRUST LITIGATION

Copyright, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property
Because the district court was unable to find immediate irreparable harm and because it entered a preliminary injunction that does not aid or protect...

MICROSOFT CORP. v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law, Intellectual Property, Copyright, International Trade, Tax Law
Master copies of computer software were deductible "export property" under now-repealed Internal Revenue Code section 927(a)(2)(B), for purposes of a...

DICKSON v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Antitrust & Trade Regulation, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Cyberspace Law
Bankruptcy trustee's Sherman Act Section 1 and 2 claims fail as a matter of law and, in any event, the indirect purchaser rule of Illinois Brick Co....

VIZCAINO v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law
No abuse of discretion in awarding attorney's fees of 28% of a settlement fund to class counsel, in an action between defendant and its freelance...

INNOVAD INC. v. MICROSOFT CORP.

Intellectual Property, Patent
Where patent application stated device was unique because it lacked a component, patent holder cannot claim infringement on device that contained that...