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Primax Electronics targeted by Microsoft for patent infringement

Microsoft has announced that they have filed a lawsuit against computer peripherals manufacturer Primax Electronics.

The lawsuit is related to patent infringement as Microsoft claims that Primax is using several of their owned patents in their own products.

They are specifically talking about features like U2, Tilt Wheel, and Magnifier features which were originally developed by Microsoft.

Horacio Gutierrez, Microsoft’s VP and deputy general counsel for Intellectual Property and Licensing spoke about this lawsuit: “Microsoft has an open intellectual property licensing policy, but in situations such as this, in which a reasonable licensing agreement cannot be reached despite our best efforts, we have no choice but to pursue legal action to protect our innovations.”

The company added: “Primax’s practice of using our innovations without taking a patent license is unfair to the many companies that have already licensed our technology, so we are taking action to protect both our partners and our innovations.”

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