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Microsoft Banned, what?
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post Aug 12 2009, 07:06 AM
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i4i Inc, a Toronto-based company, won an injunction against Microsoft regarding the company's XML patents. The injunction “prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the United States any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML," and Microsoft has 60 days to comply.

http://mason360.com/20090812497/News/Techn...-in-the-us.html

http://www.softsailor.com/news/6453-texas-...ted-states.html
 
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post Aug 12 2009, 09:32 AM
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This is why software patents are bullshit. Look over the patent that the company claims -- it's vague, it's bullshit, and Microsoft should easily be able to claim prior art on it anyway. Something like XML has been around for decades.
 
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post Aug 12 2009, 10:53 AM
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A Texas judge can ban microsoft from the entire country? Is this a legit article? Texas cant make decisions for the whole country.

Plus I really dont think Microsoft is going to stand victim to this, they will take it to supreme court if they have too, I mean, they ARE microsoft.
 
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post Aug 12 2009, 11:42 AM
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A Texas judge can ban microsoft from the entire country? Is this a legit article? Texas cant make decisions for the whole country.

It's a judge for the eastern Texas district of the U.S. District Court, which is a federal court.
 
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post Aug 12 2009, 11:43 AM
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QUOTE(mipadi @ Aug 12 2009, 11:42 AM) *
It's a judge for the eastern Texas district of the U.S. District Court, which is a federal court.

OIC. :]
 
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post Aug 12 2009, 03:01 PM
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Oh Texans.
 
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post Aug 12 2009, 08:55 PM
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And nothing of value was lost.
 
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post Aug 12 2009, 09:02 PM
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Oh Texans.


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post Aug 13 2009, 08:06 AM
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QUOTE(Buttsex @ Aug 12 2009, 09:55 PM) *
And nothing of value was lost.

You'll probably be bitching when they come after OpenOffice (which, presumably, violates the same patent, since it also stores its documents as XML files).
 

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