IP: Microsoft official: firm uses settlement against PC makers

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: judson <frondorf () aps edu>
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:50:12 -0700
To: dave <farber () cis upenn edu>
Subject: News: Microsoft official: firm uses settlement against PC makers

An antitrust settlement designed to punish Microsoft Corp. for its
anticompetitive actions may have helped the software giant extract
valuable concessions from the very companies it was accused of harming
in the first place, according to testimony from a senior Microsoft official.

The most valuable gain from the settlement plan was the inclusion of a
"non-assertion of patents" clause that prevents PC makers from enforcing
their patents against Microsoft.



http://www.computeruser.com/news/02/02/21/news10.html





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