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Judge says Microsoft must stop selling Word
Jake Widman
Wednesday, 12 August 2009 23:37
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In a patent infringement case with far-reaching implications, a Texas judge has enjoined Microsoft from selling one of its flagship products.The injunction (PDF download ) says Microsoft is "permanently enjoined from performing the following actions with Microsoft Word 2003, Microsoft Word 2007, and Microsoft Word products not more than colorably different from Microsoft Word 2003 or Microsoft Word 2007."
The prohibited actions include "selling, offering to sell, and/or importing in or into the United States any Infringing and Future Word Products that have the capability of opening a .XML, .DOCX, or .DOCM file ("an XML file") containing custom XML."
Other actions are also enjoined, all centering around the manipulation of XML files "containing custom XML."
It seems that such actions infringe on a 1998 patent awarded to Canadian company i4i Inc .
i4i describes itself as "a world leader in the design and development of collaborative content solutions and technologies."
For more on the patent dispute, see Page 2.
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