Imagexpo filed the action in October 2002 alleging that the
patent was infringed by the NetMeeting Whiteboard feature of
various Microsoft products. In November last year a jury found in
favour of Imagexpo and awarded $62.3 million in compensatory
damages. The jury also found that Microsoft wilfully infringed the
patent.
The final amount of the award was left hanging, pending a court
decision on several issues that could have increased the award
significantly – possibly tripling it. Ultimately, however,
Microsoft reached a more favourable result, requiring it to pay $60
million by 30th December.
