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Patent office rejects Microsoft's re-examination request in i4i dispute

Benjamin Rubenstein — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:02:01 +0000

Back in March, Microsoft lost its second appeal in attempting to overrule the $240+ million fine they were handed for infringing on an Office related XML pattern held by i4i. Microsoft currently has a third... Read more...

Microsoft loses second i4i patent appeal

Benjamin Rubenstein — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:54:01 +0000

According to BBC News, Microsoft has lost its second appeal to overrule the $240 million dollar fine imposed by a US court for copyright infringement. The initial ruling dictated that Microsoft pay up, as well... Read more...

Ban on Microsoft Word and Office sales begins today

Owen Williams — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:22:26 +0000

Microsoft has been the center of a legal battle from a small patent owning company, i4i for many months for infringing on it's "Custom XML" patent which is included in Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007... Read more...

Microsoft pulls Office 2003 from MSDN due to i4i case

Tom Warren — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 16:51:06 +0000

Microsoft has taken Office 2003 offline from its MSDN, TechNet, and Expression subscribers. Company officials blamed the move on the recent court ruling related to a custom XML markup implementation in Word 2003 and Word... Read more...

Microsoft files emergency motion in Word vs i4i case

Owen Williams — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:49:21 +0000

On Friday afternoon, Microsoft filed an emergency motion with the US District Court for Eastern Texas in a desperate try to block a ruling that could force it to stop selling its flagship word processing... Read more...