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23rd December 2009, 09:49 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| Microsoft loses patent appeal; Word and Office to be barred from sale in 2010 It's getting closer and closer to check-writing time for Steve Ballmer, as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has just upheld a decision that would see Microsoft Word and Office banned from sale starting January 11. If you'll recall, Microsoft lost a patent infringement suit against XML specialists i4i back in May when it was found that Word's handling of .xml, .docx, and .docm files infringed upon i4i's patented XML handling algorithms, but the injunction against further Word sales was put on hold pending the results of this appeal. Now that Microsoft has lost once again, we'd expect either another appeal and request for the injunction to be stayed, this time to the Supreme Court, or for a settlement between these two that would end this whole mess right now. We'll see what happens -- stay tuned. http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/m...e-barred-from/
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23rd December 2009, 10:09 | #2 |
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| Update: Microsoft says it's moving quickly to prepare versions of Office 2007 and Word 2007 that don't have the "little-used" XML features for sale by January 11, and that the Office 2010 beta "does not contain the technology covered by the injunction," which can be read in a number of ways. It's also considering an appeal, so we'll see what happens next. http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/m...e-barred-from/ |
23rd December 2009, 10:14 | #3 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| imagine getting all those products in stock everywhere... no holiday season for some at Microsoft
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