The soap opera continues between i4i VS Microsoft. For those who are a bit lost the item is already early 2007 when the latter sued because his suit of Office infringes the patent office referred to the method for adding new XML tags i4i property.
The justice continued their banks and for the month of August a judge ruled that Microsoft could not sell Office in the United States, ruling that they appealed and yesterday the news flashed that Microsoft has lost the case.
This time the sentence requiring Microsoft to cease sales of Office from 11 January 2010 and pay a whopping amount of USD 200 million plus interest and things, leaving the total amount to be paid in $ 290 million.
They have begun to distribute an update for OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) which eliminates the property of the Office programs that violates the patent i4i regarding the treatment of XML, so that by January 11 all copies of Office can not infringe any patent and can be sold without problems. More as the mastodon of the windows and said that they will appeal this second decision before the U.S. Supreme Court to try to get rid of the fine of 290 million.
Microsoft People is an expert in many things, including in the matter of legal tussles, they themselves have repeatedly initiated litigation against third parties for patent issues.
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