Aug 13 2009
Microsoft Versus i4i Patent Lawsuit
Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY
SEATTLE — A federal district court judge has ordered Microsoft (MSFT) to stop selling Word in the U.S. — and the tiny company behind the lawsuit is digging in for a David vs. Goliath showdown.
Toronto-based i4i, which has 30 employees, claims that Microsoft violated an obscure patent related to Extensible Markup Language or XML. It’s a key software component of many websites and computer programs, including Word.
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