Judge: Microsoft doesn't owe Alcatel-Lucent $1.5B

By JESSICA MINTZ , AP Technology Writer, Technology / Business

Microsoft Chairman and former CEO Bill Gates, left, speaks as former President Bill Clinton, right, looks on during the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. does not have to pay $1.5 billion in damages to Alcatel-Lucent SA, a panel of federal appeals judges ruled Thursday, in what may be the last word on a long-running digital music patent lawsuit.

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