...failed to explain how it calculated the award. At issue is a software program, which was patented by inventor Carlos ArmandoAmado, that links databases and spreadsheets. Amado sued Microsoft in 2003, alleging that several versions of Office...
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...last year by a jury in Orange County, Calif., which found in favor of a patent claim by Guatemalan inventor Carlos ArmandoAmado. Microsoft was ordered to pay $8.9 million in damages for infringing Amado’s 1994 patent. That award covered...
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