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SEATTLE (AP) - Speech coding technology used in several Microsoft Corp. applications does not infringe on an Alcatel-Lucent SA patent, a federal judge decided Thursday.
The summary judgment from a U.S. District Court judge in San Diego dismissed Alcatel-Lucent's claim that Microsoft's Windows Media Player, NetMeeting and Messenger programs call on its patented speech pattern analysis technology. The case was set to be heard later this month.
"This ruling reaffirms our confidence that once there's judicial review of these complex patent cases, these Alcatel-Lucent claims ultimately won't stand up," said Tom Burt, a Microsoft deputy general counsel.
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