Microsoft hit by patent lawsuit over Skype2013-05-02 09:22 by DanielaTags: Microsoft, Skype
CopyTele, a "patent enforcement entity" based in New York, has filed a patent infringement suit against Microsoft in connection with its Skype IP calling and messaging service. The lawsuit has been filed in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The patents in question have to do with the encryption technology used by Skype's video conferencing service, which Microsoft acquired in May 2011 for $8.5 billion and has approximately 250 million active monthly users. CopyTele CEO Robert Berman said that the first patent applies to an exchange of information using public-key and private-key encryption with the users identified by their e-mail addresses. The second patent covers a security device, meaning a device with a keyboard and microprocessor with multiple inputs and outputs. CopyTele's position is that a computer or smartphone that runs Skype or other Web conferencing software is within the definition of a security device and therefore violates the patent. Read more -here-
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