Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Gateway, Inc.

Lucent Technologies, Inc. (plaintiff), owner of the Day patent covering a method of entering data into computer screen fields using non-keyboard tools like date-pickers, sued Gateway, Inc. (defendant) and intervenor Microsoft over Microsoft Money, Outlook, and Windows Mobile software using similar date-picker tools, alleging indirect infringement; a jury found Microsoft liable for indirect infringement and awarded Lucent about $358 million based on a hypothetical lump-sum royalty, and Microsoft's motion for judgment as a matter of law on both liability and damages was denied and appealed.