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 Microsoft Tells Device Makers, We'll Foot Your Legal Bills Microsoft Tells Device Makers, We'll Foot Your Legal Bills

Amid a legally charged environment for makers of mobile computing devices, Microsoft said Thursday it would expand the protections against intellectual property lawsuits it offers to manufacturers who make devices that run Windows.

Microsoft lifted caps on the amount of legal fees it would reimburse to makers of embedded devices that are sued for intellectual property infringement as a result of licensing Microsoft code. The amount had previously been capped based on Microsoft's volume of business with a device maker that licensed its embedded operating systems.

Posted by - GoogleFreak

February 13, 2006, 4:07 pm

News Source - Information Week

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