Jury Awards $388 Million in Microsoft Patent Violation Case

A jury in Rhode Island found Microsoft violated a patent held by Uniloc used to protect against software piracy, a copy of the jury's findings showed Wednesday.

The jury awarded Uniloc US$388 million in the case, double the estimated damages caused by infringing the patent.

[YoMeViet]

Do not pass GO, do not collect $388M, go directly to Appeals Court.

[KKanjiAnkh]

I have a flu, but that was some f'n funny stuff, ha ha

[ThanatosDMC]

Hmmm... i want $388 million dollars...

[EXCLUSIVEGAMER]

bubbles yomeviet

[EXCLUSIVEGAMER]

LOL, its the laughing puppy that makes the sh1t funnier.

lol, reminds me of lbp in a way.

lol, and yeah some hater is stealing my bubbles.

[Deathstar]

Damn thats worth about 7 paid exclusives for MS. Oh well...

[KKanjiAnkh]

But I was hoping for a Collectors Edition

[Jihaad_cpt]

Less games for Xbox 360 owners. I kid

[EXCLUSIVEGAMER]

no wonder no games have been announced this year

[nightelfmohawk]

Not too surprising.

[All-3]

Hmmm... does this ring any bells? --> Immersion and Sony...

... Need more hints?

How about --> "rumble" ?

[All-3]

http://www.google.com/searc...

[Marcelles25]

sony won their lawsuit and came out with the dualshock 3 microsoft ALSO got sued but the PAYED THE COMPANY TO DROP THE LAWSUIT and actually ended up buying the patent. sony actually fought against it microsoft just bought the patent
see how both companies operate

[tee_bag242]

I would buy this game in a second if it were multiplayer. Im dumbfounded that its not. WTF were they thinking ?

[lalapin0810]

hey M$ , it's time to buy this company !!!

[Gambit07]

Now I know why they closed down a few studios...

[Dawn_Of_Ashes]

well done!

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

M$ can't buy their own consoles now. Where do you think all the replacements come from when you service your RROD'd 360.

[Magna Farta]

Steve Ballmer: "Ok, ok kiddos, ya got me. Let Uncle Steve pull out the ol' wallet here....hang on a sec now...$386...$387...$388 million. Now go away kids, Uncle Steve needs some alone time with your Aunt Aaron."

[Neo604]

there goes 2 months of sales for free.

[TwistedMetal]

I want them to continue to lose money and quit consoles lol. looks like x360 owners gonna have to pay a little extra for live to make up for the losses.

[enjoi187]

i owned both systems im sure Microsoft we be fine and so will they xbox. give it a rest. any who that's pocket change

[thewhoopimen]

And that's why they continue to violate patents left and right. All pocket change.

[IzKyD1331]

388 million is pocket change?
Even for Microsoft, they're taking a big hit with this.

[Daoshai]

17.23 Billion in quaterly profits at the end of 08, yes it pocket change, they make that money in like 2 days

[Leord]

While it's nice to see MS take a hit in general, I say:

BAN SOFTWARE PATENTS!

[f789790]

Although I would love to see Microsoft suffer, I do not want it to be from something that plagues big companies. Idiotic broad patents on ideas that everyone have.

[-x.Red.x-]

are these articles for real?

i might be a sony fanboy but DAMN... 9 millon euros here... $388 millon there...

MS should start fixing their stuff

[azmanmanz]

lol.. so many cases lately.. sooner microsoft will become bankcruptsoft

[IzKyD1331]

lol

[ironmonkey]

well well well the kocky ones get a full load of kock when you talk trash like ms does you get a full load of trash thrown right back! lol man that sucks ballz

[bob saget remix]

M$ hasn't had a good day today. First it was the $9 million euros for Germany. Now this.

[ironmonkey]

there goes 6 exclusives whatever they are lol

[Thoreau]

micro will just use xbl fees to cover the cost.

[deshon09]

the bad news just keeps coming for Microsoft

[bviperz]

that's karma.

[pixelsword]

Given all of the torrents of 360 games out there, it obviously didn't work.

[Campy da Camper]

that explains why my 360 has been pausing my game every 7.5 minutes then saying I need to use 100 Microsoft points to unpause it.