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As I4i-Microsoft Appeal Nears, Injunction, Damages At Stake
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| I4i Inc. doesn't want to prevent Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) from
| selling its flagship Word product, it just wants Microsoft to
| remove i4i's technology.
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| And the closely held Toronto company, which won its patent-
| infringement case against Microsoft in May, doesn't appear
| willing to compromise on this point. "You can never say
| never," said i4i Chairman Loudon Owen, regarding a settlement
| with Microsoft, "but we're here to build our business and
| we're here to compete."
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http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20090922-712575.html
Recent:
Another Reason To Use ODF
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| Fast forward to today, and we learn that a company called i4i has won a
| lawsuit against Microsoft because Microsoft's use of XML -- including
| OOXML -- infringes an i4i patent. Microsoft has to pay i4i $290 million, and
| stop selling Word 2003 and Word 2007. Presumably, any product supporting
| OOXML will need to pay royalties to i4i.
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| Meanwhile, ODF does not violate the i4i patent. (i4i has "looked at
| OpenOffice and found it doesn't infringe on its patents." OpenOffice uses
| ODF.)
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| If you want your documents to be widely accessible, and remain accessible,
| you should use Open Document Format.
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http://www.goodbyemicrosoft.net/news.php?item.486.3
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