Adinnieken said:
dallas said:
That's not winning a big one, it's just a small victory which essentially says that the most egregious and forceful trade punishments will not be levied against Microsoft for this supposed infringement, meaning that royalties will still be up for grabs. Yawn. |
I'm sorry, what?
Had Microsoft been banned from selling the Xbox 360 in the US, it would mean losing millions of dollars in sales, and millions of units in sales. They'd instantly go from 1st place in North America to last in terms of sales. As far as Windows 7 goes, it would have been an equally huge loss especially if Windows 8 doesn't maintain it's sales.
In terms of Germany it wouldn't have meant much, but the US was a huge win. The loss in sales here of both Xbox 360s nd Windows 7 would have brough Microsoft to its knees.
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The usual treatment is to enforce a royalty for an enfri gement once proven. This should have been expected, if anything.
