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Microsoft loses its appeal in $200-million-plus Custom XML patent infringement case | |
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| Time: 04:24 EST/09:24 GMT | News Source: | Posted By: Kenneth van Surksum | ||
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Microsoft is going to have to cease providing Custom XML as part of its Office suite, as it has lost its appeal to overturn a patent-infringement verdict awarded to Toronto-based i4i for that technology. The plaintiffs were seeking $200 million for patent infringement. The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals is awarding i4i more than $290 million, plus an added $40 million for intentional infringement, according to a Bloomberg report about the December 22 court verdict. Microsoft has until January 11 to remove the cease selling copies of Office which include Custom XML functionality — a date which is five months after the original late August 2009 ruling date, the Bloomberg report said. |
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| #1 By 2960 (68.100.201.101) at Wednesday, December 23, 2009 09:25:17 AM |
| Software patents are a bitch, ain't they ! |
| #2 By 12071 (203.210.68.145) at Wednesday, December 23, 2009 05:42:09 PM |
| Maybe this can be the start of something good... |
| #3 By 13997 (75.54.113.74) at Thursday, December 24, 2009 04:30:46 AM |
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#1 Yes they are...
The sad thing is MS was late to the patent 'game', and didn't patent a lot of their 80s and early 90s technology. It wasn't until MS started becoming the defendant in patent cases did they amp up their patent pursuits to protect themselves as much as possible from baseless lawsuits. If you review patent cases over the past 20 years, you will see that MS has a lot of patents, but has only pushed to enforce a few (last time I pulled the number it was under 5 cases). In contrast, companies like Sun, Apple, and others that are are sometimes the victims of baseless lawsuits have 100s of cases pushing to enforce their patents. This is quite a big contrast, especially when everyone brands MS as the 'evil' company. This post was edited by thenetavenger on Thursday, December 24, 2009 at 04:34. |
