Microsoft fails in Word patent appeal
The US Federal Appeals Court has upheld a ruling that Microsoft willfully infringed a patent belonging to Canadian firm i4i Inc. According to i4i, the revised opinion affirms an August 2009 judgement...
View ArticleCourt turns down Microsoft fresh hearing on Word
A US court has denied Microsoft permission for a fresh court hearing after it was ruled last year that the Redmond firm had breached a Canadian company's patents.Canadian firm i4i was awarded not far...
View ArticleMicrosoft loses Custom XML patent battle, again
Microsoft has lost out again, for now, on the i4i Custom XML patent case which it requested to have reexamined by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and just got turned down.Canadian firm i4i hasn't...
View ArticleMicrosoft pays out $200 million for patent infringement
Microsoft has been getting itself in a further spot of patent bother, just a week after its defeat against i4i, this time losing out to maker of realtime communications security technology VirnetX...
View ArticleBilly goats unite behind Microsoft
Microsoft has won support from, well, practically everybody in a bid to persuade the US Supreme Court to make it easier to invalidate patents.As things stand, an organisation trying to prove a patent...
View ArticleXML case sees Microsoft backed by Open Sauce movement
Software Imperium Microsoft has some unlikely allies in a court battle against Canadian i4i, which specialises in collaborative content technologies. If the Imperium loses the case it could be a dark...
View ArticleI4i claims patent backing against Microsoft
Canadian based software outfit i4i has claimed it has a lot of backing against Microsoft in its battle over XML software patents which are under the bonnet of Word and Office. i4i sued Microsoft in May...
View ArticleSupremes question siding with Microsoft over patent laws
The US's highest court is wondering if it is such a good idea to agree with Microsoft and weaken the legal standard needed to invalidate a patent in the i4i XML case. The Supreme Court is pondering the...
View ArticleMicrosoft will have to cough up $290 million to i4i
An appeal by Microsoft against a $290 million infringement of patent ruling granted to Canadian company i4i has come to nought.The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Microsoft made against a ruling it...
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