Microsoft Corporation v. Corel Corporation et al

  1. May 11, 2018

    Microsoft's Win Reduced, Atty Fees Denied In Corel IP Spat

    A California federal judge has reduced an award for Microsoft from a jury that found Corel willfully infringed its Office software patents, dropping the payout from $287,000 to $124,000, and declined to make Corel pay Microsoft's attorneys' fees, saying there was nothing exceptional about the case.

  2. May 03, 2018

    Microsoft Seeks Atty Fees As Corel Decries 'Pound Of Flesh'

    Microsoft told a California federal judge Thursday that because a jury found Corel willfully infringed its Office software patents, the rival should pay attorneys fees for "deterrence and compensation," while Corel maintained it tried to settle pretrial but Microsoft wanted "their pound of flesh."

  3. March 16, 2018

    Microsoft Wants Corel To Pay Attys Fees For $278K IP Verdict

    Microsoft has asked a California federal court to add its attorneys' fees to the $278,000 verdict it scored against Corel last month for infringing patents related to its Office software, in a move that could add substantially to the relatively milquetoast judgment.

  4. February 13, 2018

    Jury Awards Microsoft $278K In Office IP Row With Corel

    A California federal jury declined Microsoft's request for more than $1 million and awarded it just $278,000 Tuesday in a suit over Corel Corp.'s infringement of patents related to its Office software, finding Corel had willfully infringed nine patents but hadn't learned of the infringement until Microsoft sued.

  5. February 07, 2018

    Microsoft Gave Corel Notice Of IP Theft In '09, Jury Told

    A former Microsoft Corp. executive told a California federal jury Wednesday that she informed Corel Corp. representatives that its home office software infringed Microsoft's patents back in 2009, notice that the tech company contends entitles it to eight years of its rival's profits.

  6. February 06, 2018

    Microsoft Says It's 'Built On IP' In Patent Row With Corel

    Microsoft Corp. "is built on IP" that must be enforced even when its patents are infringed by smaller companies like Corel Corp., an attorney for the tech giant said Tuesday during opening statements in its California federal trial, while Corel countered it would pay but only a "fair price."

  7. January 23, 2018

    Corel Fights Microsoft 'Ambush' On Eve Of Patent Trial

    With two weeks before Corel Corp. defends itself in a damages trial over its infringement of Microsoft Corp. patents, Corel urged a federal judge Tuesday to block a former employee's testimony, saying Microsoft was trying to use a discovery-sharing deal to "ambush" Corel with evidence from a different case.

  8. October 18, 2017

    Corel Says Microsoft Expert Overestimated Patent Damages

    Corel Corp. asked a California federal judge Wednesday to nix some damages estimates proposed by Microsoft Corp. in its suit over infringement of nine software patents, saying one estimate overstates how much it would have cost Corel to design its home office software in a noninfringing way.

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