In a thorough, 66-page ruling, Rhode Island federal district court judge William Smith ruled on Tuesday that, as a matter of law, Microsoft did not infringe Uniloc USA’s patent on a method of limiting unlicensed use of software through casual copying. He vacated a $388 million patent infringement jury verdict and entered judgment for Microsoft, which was represented at trial and in posttrial briefing by a Fish & Richardson team led by Frank Scherkenbach.
Judge Smith essentially concluded that the jury did not understand the highly complex technical evidence both sides presented.
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