In the land of Loverock it's ok for Microsoft to have patents and threaten/litigate on them, but it's not ok for other companies to have them (if they affect Microsoft).
Note the bit in the ruling against them that says Microsoft was willfully infringing. That's a whole lot different than a screw up and not knowing they were infringing.
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