Microsoft Lawyers Face Japanese Antitrust Panel In Dispute Over Patent Non-Assertion Clause

By Marius Meland (October 26, 2004, 12:00 AM EDT) -- Microsoft lawyers have told a panel of the Japanese Fair Trade Commission that the software maker has dropped a provision in its licensing agreement that bars competitors from filing patent infringement lawsuits against the company, but argued that the clause is proper and widely accepted....

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