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Microsoft Word sales banned

By SiliconIndia,Wednesday, 12 August 2009, 19:01 Hrs
Bangalore: A Texas judge has ordered Microsoft to stop selling its Microsoft Word application in its current form, as the software contains technology which violates a patent held by a third party.

Judge Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ruled in favor of i4i, a Canadian technology firm that claimed Microsoft violated its intellectual-property rights for custom XML in Word 2003 and Word 2007. The judge has issued a permanent order which prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the U. S. any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML.
Microsoft Word sales banned


Toronto-based i4i, which develops "collaborative content solutions," holds patent number 5,787,449. The company had originally sued Microsoft for patent violation in 2007 alleging that Microsoft has violated the 449 patent.

"We're not seeking to stop Microsoft's business and we're not seeking to interfere with all the users of Word out there," said Loudon Owen, Chairman, i4i.

Microsoft will pay $240 million in damages to i4i, plus court costs and interest.

"We are disappointed by the court's ruling. We believe the evidence clearly demonstrated that we do not infringe and that the i4i patent is invalid. We will appeal the verdict," said Kevin Kutz, Microsoft spokesman.

Microsoft is also prohibited from providing technical support for infringing products sold after the injunction takes effect, or from "testing, demonstrating, or marketing the ability of the infringing and future Word products to open an XML file containing custom XML."

The judge informed that the injunction does not apply to versions of Word that open an XML file as plain text or which apply a transform that removes all custom XML elements, possibly paving the way for Microsoft to issue a patch that rectifies the problem.

i4i has about 30 employees and has been operational since 1993, has products in use by a number of large companies, including pharmaceutical names such as Amgen, Bayer and Biogen.

   
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 post - 01 May, 2010

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to: hmmm 
 post - 01 May, 2010

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Posted by: DIWAKAR DWIVEDI - 19 Aug, 2009

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to: DIWAKAR 
 post - 01 May, 2010

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 anti-dhokla replied to: ravi 
 post - 13 Aug, 2009

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 post - 01 May, 2010

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 post - 13 Aug, 2009

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to:  Indian 
 post - 01 May, 2010

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to: ravi 
 post - 01 May, 2010

13: This judgement proves that illegal is illegal, it doesn't matter who does it, whether they are big or small.
Posted by: kris - 13 Aug, 2009

14:I agree with you Kris. The BIG name is MICROSOFT, it does not mean to leave them free. They should be penalized.
 prasant replied to: kris 
 post - 13 Aug, 2009

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to:  prasant 
 post - 01 May, 2010

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to: kris 
 post - 01 May, 2010

17: Its great to note that the justice has not favored the big. Also, it is a big relief to see that atleast United State courts are giving decisions against their own country companies also and in favor of a foreign company
Posted by: Ashwani K Goel - 13 Aug, 2009

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to: Ashwani 
 post - 01 May, 2010

19: at this point of time when everyone is addicted to ms word i dont think such kind of claims are justified.they should have done it when ms had launched these services
Posted by: asit agarwa - 12 Aug, 2009

20:I agree with you. and there is a law that prohibits anyone from asserting a patent if infringement exceeds six years.
 Ankit Nagpal replied to: asit agarwa 
 post - 13 Aug, 2009

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to:  Ankit 
 post - 01 May, 2010

22:I agree with you. and there is a that prohibits anyone from asserting a patent if infringement exceeds six years.
 Ankit Nagpal replied to: asit agarwa 
 post - 13 Aug, 2009

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to:  Ankit 
 post - 01 May, 2010

24:Asit, i4i sued patent voilation in 2007 itself, its the court's decision which has come now.
 Ashwani K Goel replied to: asit agarwa 
 post - 13 Aug, 2009

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to:  Ashwani 
 post - 01 May, 2010

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to: asit 
 post - 01 May, 2010

27: This is May 20, 2009 news. Quite late in any form of journalism to publish it now.
Posted by: Manish - 12 Aug, 2009

28:Hey Manish, you must be crazy. Please check on your facts.
 harish replied to: Manish 
 post - 12 Aug, 2009

29: Manish is rt, Visit this link,,

http://www.i4i.com/news.htm

 Vijay HS replied to:  harish 
 post - 13 Aug, 2009

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 post - 01 May, 2010

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to: Manish 
 post - 01 May, 2010

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to:  harish 
 post - 01 May, 2010

33: News is incomplete. More ever, i could not fine any such information on internet. This is something which should be clearly stated
Posted by: Nepster - 12 Aug, 2009

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to: Nepster 
 post - 01 May, 2010

35: News is incomplete without the name of the third party that holds the patent and the technology that Microsoft is using.
Posted by: Varun - 12 Aug, 2009

36:Yes it is incomplete. Anyways it is Canadian company i4i.

Judge Leonard Davis of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas passed an injunction to this effect and has given Microsoft 2 months within which the software giant must comply with the order.


judgment:


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 containing custom XML

2. using any Infringing and Future Word Products to open an XML file containing custom XML

3. instructing or encouraging anyone to use any Infringing and Future Word Products to open an XML file containing custom XML

4. providing support or assistance to anyone that describes how to use any infringing and Future Word Products to open an XML file containing custom XML

5. testing, demonstrating, or marketing the ability of the Infringing and Future Word Products to open an XML file containing custom XML.

I think it is all done for MS
 Mahi replied to: Varun 
 post - 12 Aug, 2009

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 hotelvergleich niederlande replied to:  Mahi 
 post - 01 May, 2010

38:Yeah they didn't give the news. They have just given the headlines...
 sandy replied to: Varun 
 post - 12 Aug, 2009

39: They have just updated at 10:30.
 Mahi replied to:  sandy 
 post - 12 Aug, 2009

40: Ya! They have indeed!
 Varun  replied to: Mahi 
 post - 13 Aug, 2009

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