Microsoft wins wordy patent battle

A US federal judge has dismissed Alcatel-Lucent's patent claim against Microsoft over technology that converts speech into text, the two companies said.

The ruling made late last week comes after a jury found that the world's largest software maker infringed on audio patents held by Alcatel-Lucent and ordered the company to pay $US1.52 billion ($1.94 billion) in damages.

US District Judge Rudi Brewster in San Diego dismissed all of Alcatel-Lucent's claims in a summary judgment, meaning that the jury trial set to begin on March 19 will not take place. Alcatel-Lucent said it plans to appeal the ruling.


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