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> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Court Bans Microsoft From Selling Word
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>> | In the latest apparent case of the U.S. patent system run amok, Judge
>> | Leonard Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
>> | issued a permanent injunction on Tuesday preventing Microsoft from selling
>> | versions of Word that handle custom XML in the form of the .DOCX, .DOCM,
>> | and .XML file formats. Which would mean that Microsoft is now forbidden
>> | from selling Word 2003 or Word 2007. And since it also forbids Microsoft
>> | from testing such versions of Word, there would seem to be implications
>> | for Office 2010 as well.
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>> http://technologizer.com/2009/08/12/court-bans-microsoft-from-selling-word/
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> Does this not also imply that anyone using the XML format to save
> documents is also violating the patent?
It's particular /type/ of use. Some say ODF is not affected, but I'm not sure.
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