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Court Takes on Software Patents: Microsoft Case May Have Global Reach

Date: February 22, 2007

Authors: Robert Barnes and Alan Sipress

QUOTE: Microsoft admitted it infringed the AT&T patent on computers sold domestically but contends that it is not liable for its programs installed by computer manufacturers overseas. In 1984, Congress amended the patent law to forbid companies from shipping components of patented inventions overseas and having the parts assembled elsewhere in an attempt to skirt patent laws.

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Key People:

• Theodore B. Olson Esq.
• Seth P. Waxman Esq.
• Justice Antonin Gregory Scalia

Key Organizations:

• Amazon.com
• AT&T
• Microsoft Corporation
• US Supreme Court (SCOTUS)
• Washington Post Newspaper
• Yahoo!

Subject & Geographic Categories:

• Abstract Principles
  • Tactics

• Businesses & Organizations
  • Organizational Structure
    • Multinationals

• Law & Justice
  • Civil Law / Common Law
    • Intellectual Property (conceptual)
      • Patents / Inventions
  • Justice System
    • Jurisdiction

• North America
  • United States of America/USA

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