Microsoft Must Produce Telemetry Data In Patent Dispute With Corel

Mealey's (October 9, 2018, 7:32 AM EDT) -- SALT LAKE CITY — In an Oct. 5 ruling, a Utah federal magistrate judge found that Microsoft Corp.’s telemetry usage data related to the life preview feature in its Microsoft Office line of software products is discoverable in a patent infringement case because it is directly relevant to the claimed infringement and damages, granting the plaintiff’s motion to compel while mostly denying Microsoft’s motion for a protective order (Corel Software LLC v. Microsoft Corp., No. 15-528, D. Utah, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172875)....