Federal Court to Microsoft: Stop Selling Word
The U.S. District Court for Texas’ Eastern District, Tyler Division, has ruled in favor of Toronto-based software firm i4i, opining that Microsoft illegally infringed upon the Canadian company’s patent. i4i’s attorneys successfully argued at a jury trial that began May 11 that Microsoft Word’s XML document processing capabilities “willfully” violated i4i’s patent on that type of XML processing software.
The federal court judgment prevents Microsoft from selling or importing to the US any MS Word products that have XML, .DOCX, or DOCM file processing capabilities, and awarded a $290 million judgment to i4i. The ruling will take effect in 60 days.
A spokesman said Microsoft was “dissapointed” by the ruling, and that the “evidence clearly demonstrated that…the i4i patent is invalid.” He added that Microsoft intends to appeal the verdict.
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