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Does this mean Microsoft can sue for their settlement back?

• jcoffland 11y ago
  Not if they didn't own the patent at the time they were accused of abusing it. Patent ownership does not work retroactively.
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• sokoloff 11y ago
  Any competent lawyer authoring the settlement agreement on behalf of the patent owner would provide for a release against future claims should the patent turn out to be invalidated. Such terms would be accepted by the payer, because at the time of payment, the assumption is that the patent is valid "enough" to settle.