The jury, in U.S. District Court in San Diego, found that Microsoft had infringed on two patents pertaining to user interface technologies. It also found that Microsoft didn't infringe on another Alcatel-Lucent patent for video decoding. The court ruled that patent, which Alcatel-Lucent alleged was infringed in MPEG2-based DVD playback in Windows, is invalid.
"We do not believe the jury's verdict against Microsoft on the two user interface patents is supported by the facts or the law," said Tom Burt, a deputy general counsel at Microsoft, in a statement. "We will move immediately to have the two verdicts against Microsoft overturned."
This case is one in a series of patent disputes between the two companies. On April 22, the San Diego court will hear a case Microsoft is bringing against Alcatel-Lucent, accusing it of infringing on nine patents.
The case dates back to 2003, when Alcatel-Lucent charged Microsoft, Dell and Gateway with patent infringement. Last year, a court reversed a $1.5 billion patent infringement case against Microsoft in a case Alcatel-Lucent brought against the software giant related to MP3 technology.
MSFT closed Friday's trading at $29.16, up 16 cents or 0.55%. In the after hours session, the stock traded up 44 cents or 1.51% at $29.60. ALU closed Friday's trading session at $6.32, up 13 cents or 2.10%. The stock traded at $6.2842, down 0.57% in the after hours session.
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