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ACCC clears Optus to scrap HFC network and use NBN instead
The ACCC has cleared, provisionally, the proposed deal between Optus and NBN Co under which Optus is to be paid around $800m to shut down its HFC network and transfer customers onto the NBN. read moreHearing set in Word patent case
Jake Widman
Saturday, 22 August 2009 03:17
Last week, the judge in the case ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word 2003 and 2007 by the end of October and to pay i4i US$290 million.
Microsoft quickly filed a motion to stop the order.
Now the United States Court of Appeals has agreed to an expedited hearing of Microsoft's appeal.
In a statement reported by the Canadian Press, i4i said it was happy with the quick schedule and was still convinced it would win.
"We firmly believe that the U.S. District Court made the right decision on the merits of the case," i4i chairman Loudon Owen said in a statement.
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