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Microsoft's Struggle With i4i Sheds Light On Software Patent Process
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| Microsoft's recent trials and tribulations
| with its Word software patent illustrates
| the difficulty in granting -- and defending
| -- software patents. This fall, Microsoft
| was briefly barred from selling Word
| because of a dispute over XML code that i4i
| claimed infringed on one of the Toronto,
| Ontario-based company's patents. That trial
| is ongoing. While some observers questioned
| why Microsoft didn't resolve the dispute
| early on, others are interested to see how
| the dispute will play out and how patent
| rights will be determined.
|
| [...]
|
| The Bilski case could provide the Supreme
| Court with an opportunity to resolve the
| ongoing debate over the wisdom of having
| software patents in the first place. At
| issue is whether a "process" must be tied
| to a particular machine or apparatus or
| transform a particular condition into a
| different state to be considered as patent-
| eligible subject matter.
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http://www.crn.com/software/221900795;jsessionid=3FXE4I5F0J3VZQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN
Microsoft patents viral gaming plans
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| The concepts are all based around the
| current party system, with the most basic
| simply allowing invited friends to invite
| their own friends, whether they are known
| to the original party creator or not.
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http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/microsoft-patents-viral-gaming-plans-article
Microsoft Patents In Game Hint System
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Patents-In-Game-Hint-System-128052.shtml
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Microsoft Files User-Created Game Guide Patent
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| The authoring features allow users to
| capture screenshots and video clips, and to
| use a digital pencil to mark them. It also
| may allow for audio commentary and tags,
| and developers can submit their own guides
| that will take precedence over user-created
| guides.
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http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3177065
Microsoft Patents Xbox 360 Hint System
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26215/Microsoft_Patents_Xbox_360_Hint_System.php
Recent:
i4i tells its side of the story: Microsoft ruined our business
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20090909235419648
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.
|
| 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.)
|
| 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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