NETWORK COMMERCE VS MICROSOFT

NETWORK COMMERCE, INC. and CRS, LLC, Plaintiffs–Appellants,v.MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant–Appellee. 422 F.3d 1353United States Court of Appeals,Federal Circuit. FACTS: The owner of patent for method and system for purchasing electronic information over computer network sued software manufacturer for infringement.

The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington granted summary judgement for noninfringement and owner appealed. The owner said the district court abuse its discretion by denying Network Commerce a Rule 56 f continuance.

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