Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Microsoft Patent Case

U.S. Supreme Court justices debated making it easier to challenge some patents, reviewing a case that led to changes in Microsoft Corp.'s Word software and may force the company to pay a $300 million award. Microsoft urged the justices in a one-hour hearing in Washington to overturn a jury verdict won by closely held I4i LP, which sued the larger company for patent infringement.

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