Tech | December 22, 2009 | 1 comment

Microsoft loses patent appeal, can't sell Word or Office

source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/microsoft-loses-patent-appeal-word-and-office-to-be-barre...

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"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."

They just lost that appeal. Full story at Engadget...

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/22/microsoft-loses-patent-appeal-word-and-office...
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