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MrBlastman on 8/20/2009 12:42:07 PM , Rating: 2 Well, if they
did know it was an infringement then the only recourse is to pay
the fine and move on. When they put it on their financial
statements, list it as an R&D cost and wrap it in with the costs
of goods sold.  RE: Interesting... By omnicronx on 8/20/2009
12:56:31 PM , Rating: 5 According to internal emails they knew,
and this was one of the main reasons why the Judge sided with
i4i. If Microsoft knew about the patent and thought it was
invalid, they should have either payed licensing fees or done
the leg work to invalidate the patent BEFORE they released a
product they knew was infringing..  Its pretty hard to make the
argument that a patent is invalid when your own internal emails
acknowledge infringement, regardless if it is true or not.  MS
is a giant company, they should have known better and I don't
feel one bit sorry. I agree that the only solution is to pay the
fine, license the technology, or