Imagexpo filed the action in October 2002 alleging that the patent was infringed by the NetMeeting Whiteboard feature of various Microsoft products. In November last year a jury found in favour of Imagexpo and awarded $62.3 million in compensatory damages. The jury also found that Microsoft wilfully infringed the patent.
The final amount of the award was left hanging, pending a court decision on several issues that could have increased the award significantly – possibly tripling it. Ultimately, however, Microsoft reached a more favourable result, requiring it to pay $60 million by 30th December.