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Judge Leonard Davis, of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, ruled that Microsoft had infringed i4is patent, and ordered the software giant to pay $290 million £176 million in damages. This included $40 million £25 million for the wilful infringement of the patent, $37 million £23 million in pre-judgement interest, and a further $21,102 £13,000 per day until a final judgement is reached.
