Microsoft Aims to Axe Cortana Patent Verdict, $242 Million Award

Microsoft Corp. asked a federal trial court to upend a jury verdict finding its Cortana digital assistant infringed the patent rights of IPA Technologies Inc., and the jury’s $242 million award.

Microsoft claims it is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law, or a new trial, because the verdict and award “are against the great weight of the evidence, and because IPA’s damages presentation was based on expert testimony that should have been excluded” as unreliable, in a motion filed in the US District Court for the District of Delaware.

IPA was required, but failed, to show that ...