IMF client has win against Microsoft

WA litigation funder IMF Australia has announced a win for client Uniloc against software giant Microsoft overnight.

The US Court of Appeals has upheld Uniloc's appeal over a patent infringement after the original $388 million judgement was overturned.

The Singapore-based Uniloc has been pursuing Microsoft over its anti-piracy software patent.

The amount of damages to be awarded to Uniloc is to be decided at a later date, but is not expected to match the generosity of the original judgement.

IMF provided $5 million to Uniloc to enforce its patent, and will comment further on the matter after reviewing the judgement.