TECHNOLOGY - June 11, 1994
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Microsoft Hit by Infringement Order: A federal judge in Los Angeles issued a permanent injunction that bars the Redmond, Wash., company from selling one version of its DOS 6 software and directs it to recall the product from stores and distributors. The order by U.S. District Judge Edward Rafeedie follows a Feb. 23 jury decision that Microsoft Corp.’s DoubleSpace technology infringes two patents owned by Stac Electronics. Stac, based in Carlsbad, Calif., is a supplier of compression products for increasing the storage capacity of personal computers. The jury awarded Stac $120 million in damages against Microsoft, which has said it will appeal the award. Rafeedie’s ruling had been expected.
