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How to sue Microsoft - and win
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| Prepare your case. When it comes to taking
| on a company the size and stature of
| Microsoft, don't expect legal eagles to
| bang down your door.
|
| Instead, Owen says, "we assembled the
| [patent infringement] claim, the
| background and the history in an
| extraordinarily detailed, analytical way.
| We prepared the case as best we could
| independently before meeting with leading
| counsel and luminaries in the industry."
|
| Don't lose track of your day job. A much-
| ballyhooed, two-year legal battle against
| Microsoft can significantly distract
| employees and completely consume a
| company's top brass.
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http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/23/smallbusiness/i4i_microsoft_lawsuit/index.htm
Taking On the Big Boys
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| Donât call OPTi Inc. CEO Bernie Marren a
| âpatent troll.â
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http://www.portfolio.com/companies-executives/2009/12/16/this-companys-not-afraid-to-take-on-apple-intel-other-tech-players/
OPTi Shows: When You Can't Compete In The Market, You Sue For Patent Infringement
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| Reader BakaYaro points us to this article
| about OPTi, the company that recently won a
| $21.7 million patent ruling against Apple,
| where the company's CEO insists it's not a
| patent troll because it's only suing over
| patents that it got itself. It seems that
| Bernie Marren is trying to redefine what a
| "patent troll" is to mean just someone who
| buys patents and sues. But the real story
| shows that OPTi is yet another example of
| patents harming, not helping, innovation. The
| company used to produce products, but other
| companies eventually caught up, and OPTi
| couldn't compete.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091218/1101237430.shtml
OMG! IBM Patented LOL! ROTFLMAO!
http://techdirt.com/articles/20091230/0957277551.shtml
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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