Last week, a Rhode Island federal court ordered Microsoft Corp. to pay $388 million to Uniloc USA Inc. for willful infringement of software patents. Uniloc USA Inc., et al. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 03-440, (D. R.I. 2009). The verdict is said to be one of the largest patent infringement jury awards in U.S. history. Related Posts: Oh Microsoft, Microsoft , Moderation Please: Rhode Island Seemingly Applies Frye in Microsoft Patent Infringement Trial,

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Last week, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York refused to compel arbitration on the grounds that Nokia had waived its rights to arbitrate through its conduct in prior proceedings. The case, Nokia Corp. v. InterDigital, Inc. (2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 17376) relates to patent infringement and was heard by the Second Circuit on July 31, 2008 (2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 16328). Back then, the Second Circuit concluded that Nokia waive

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