Microsoft sold software was banned the application of the Word office?

This ban was valid for the U.S. territory because of the existence of the prosecution action from the company from Texas, i4i. The company i4i this was the company that supplied the software Word XML and afterwards stressed that Microsoft violated the patent right in 1998 the number 5787499. Microsoft it was demanded his consumer permitted to read the XML programming language to do customize the format of the document. The XML language was put into Microsoft Word where afterwards the user could read and write the XML document.

In the meantime, last March 2007, i4i put this demand, and in May this year, the U.S. the distric court for the district east Texan, found that the Microsoft company that had headquarters in Redmond was guilty of the violation of the patent right and gave the fine to Microsoft as big as $ 200 million (£ 122 million). Currently results from the decision of the same court that appointed Microsoft Word must stop the sale in 60 days time.

Until now, Microsoft has not provided any comment. However, according to the Microsoft blog The Seattle PI, Microsoft spokesman Kevin Jutz reveal that many believe the evidence that has been shown, that indicates that Microsoft is not guilty, and the right i4i patent is invalid. To that end, Microsoft will ask the appeal court decision on it. (H_n)