In the patent-infringement case against Microsoft Word, a Texas judge fined Microsoft $40 million for trial misconduct after a Microsoft attorney attempted to liken plaintiff i4i’s motives for suing the software giant to banks seeking government bailouts.
During the jury trial in May, Judge Leonard Davis warned attorney Matthew Douglas Powers – of the Redwood City, Calif., law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges – that he was misstating the law when he suggested to the jury that i4i was improperly suing Microsoft, not to protect its patent but to just get money.
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