WASHINGTON — Microsoft Corp., with a $290 million jury verdict against it at stake, lost a hard-fought patent battle in the U.S. Supreme Court today.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor, writing for a unanimous court, held that alleged infringers — here Microsoft — who raise as a defense that the patent at issue is invalid must prove it by clear and convincing evidence.
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