Kaufman v. Microsoft Corporation, No. 21-1634 (Fed. Cir. May 20, 2022)

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Michael Philip Kaufman owns now-expired U.S. Patent No. 7,885,981, on which he is a co -inventor. The patent describes and claims methods for using a computer t o au- tomatically generate an end -user interface for working with the data in a relational database. Mr. Kaufman brought the present action against Microsoft Corporation, asserting infringement of claims of the patent by Mi- crosoft’s making and selling of it s Dynamic Data product. A jury found Microsoft liable and awarded damages of $7 million to Mr. Kaufman.