WASHINGTON—The US Supreme Court upheld Thursday a $290 million patent infringement verdict against Microsoft, rejecting the software titan’s bid to make it harder for companies to bring patent claims against it.
Microsoft had appealed to the high court in a case involving its popular Word software program, arguing a Toronto technology company, i4i Inc., should not have won a jury verdict regarding a patent claim related to document editing.
I4i obtained a $290 million judgment against Microsoft, as well as an injunction that barred sales of certain versions of Word said to infringe the patent.
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