Microsoft to pay £178m for patent infringement

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Small Canadian company wins court battle against the tech giant

Microsoft has been ordered by the US Supreme Court to pay a small Canadian company, i4i, $290m (£178m) for infringing a patent. The legal battle began in 2007 when i4i first sued Microsoft for u...

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