Even if they still end up paying for some patents in the end, it should be a much smaller sum
Why do you say that? Unless MS has come out and said something like RAND terms on the patents in dispute MS can charge $50B for the use of one patent if they like.
If anything they may end up paying more because the defendent would have no recourse, having lost in court. If I were MS (or any company) and I just had a patent of mine validated by the court, which was integral in my competitors product I'd start raking people over the coals.
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Even if they still end up paying for some patents in the end, it should be a much smaller sum
Why do you say that? Unless MS has come out and said something like RAND terms on the patents in dispute MS can charge $50B for the use of one patent if they like.
If anything they may end up paying more because the defendent would have no recourse, having lost in court. If I were MS (or any company) and I just had a patent of mine validated by the court, which was integral in my competitors product I'd start raking people over the coals.