The software giant has been sentenced for violating a patent on XML on its 2003 and 2007 versions of Word. Microsoft was also fined 290 million dollars.
The federal appeals court upheld U.S., Tuesday, December 22, condemning Microsoft $ 290 million fine as part of a dispute with a Canadian company for patent infringement. The court also upheld a decision of the trial court that prohibits the software giant to sell some versions of its software for word processing flagship Word, using the patented technology in dispute.
A federal judge in Texas (United States) was held, August 12, some versions of Word violated many patents filed in 1998 by the Society i4i Toronto and on the XML. The founder of i4i Michael Vulpe, welcomed the decision of the appellate court: “we could not be happier with the decision of the Court of Appeal which upheld the trial court in its entirety “.
Only 2003 and 2007 versions of Word are concerned
For its part, Microsoft said it “was studying its legal options, including a new call. The group said it “took prompt action” to bring it into conformity with the injunctions relating to the sale of Word, which take effect January 11.
“These injunctions apply only to copies of Microsoft Word 2007 and Microsoft Office 2007 sold in the United States from January 11, 2010,” he added. “We expect to have copies of Microsoft Word 2007 and Office 2007″ with the elements under investigation abolished available for distribution to United States on the date of the injunction, “Microsoft continues.
Microsoft i4i was accused of violating a patent on the XLM language applications in Word 2003 and Word 2007. Word uses XML to open the documents. XML. DOCX and. COMC.