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Jan 14, 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a decision on the case between software giant Microsoft and the Canadian company i4i Inc.
This case concerning a claim by i4i Inc., that Microsoft infringed its patent for a software format XML.
According to the court decision Microsoft must stop selling Word and any other Office 2007 products, which contain the form XML. Moreover, U.S. giant must pay compensation amounting to 290 million dollars.
This means for Microsoft, in order to continue the sale of the Word in the future, should remove the options for storage in formats. XML,. DOCX, or. DOCM, which contain XML.
Intellectual Property Planet
Posted by: Ventsi Ventsi in Patent search, patent, MIcrosoft, law, IP litigation, Internet Patent, intellectual property, Decision, copyright, business, blogging on
Jan 14, 2010
The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a decision on the case between software giant Microsoft and the Canadian company i4i Inc.
This case concerning a claim by i4i Inc., that Microsoft infringed its patent for a software format XML.
According to the court decision Microsoft must stop selling Word and any other Office 2007 products, which contain the form XML. Moreover, U.S. giant must pay compensation amounting to 290 million dollars.
This means for Microsoft, in order to continue the sale of the Word in the future, should remove the options for storage in formats. XML,. DOCX, or. DOCM, which contain XML.
Intellectual Property Planet
Victoria Slind-Flor reports at http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601100&sid=at.BdRGGrFkk&refer=germany that the leading large firms in the area of WIMax technology pool their patents in this area in order to ease using the technology in consumer electronics.
This step should reduce royalties, can anyone refer to such a step in other areas of
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