Microsoft Banned From Selling Word August 12, 2009
A Federal Judge has ordered that Microsoft stop selling any version of Word that can open .xml, .docx, or .docm files.
A Canadian Company owns the patent Microsoft infringed. The patent, filed in 1994, and issued in 1998, covers a system and method for editing the content of a document, and the form of the document separately. (It essentially embodies the form vs. content idea behind XML).
In addition to being banned from selling any Word product that can read and edit XML files, Microsoft was ordered to pay $200 in damages (including extra damages for willful infringement) and interest.
We’re going to get our hands on the judge’s order and figure out what all was going on here. But one thing is for sure, we can expect Microsoft to appeal.
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