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Intellectual Property

Apr. 10, 2008

First Car On Software Patent Suit Train

The day before Stac Electronics' landmark patent infringement case against Microsoft started trial, the Northridge earthquake shook Los Angeles. It was half past four in the morning on Martin Luther King Day in 1994.

By Rebecca Beyer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      The day before Stac Electronics' landmark patent infringement case against Microsoft started trial, the Northridge earthquake shook Los Angeles.
      It was half past four in the morning on Martin Luther King Day in 1994. The horrific shudder left more than 50 people dead, injured more than 12,000 others and broke part of the 10 Freeway in two. It sh...

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