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Patent Litigation Weekly: So What Do E.D. Texas Jurors Really Think?
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| Microsoft isnât giving up the court fight
| over the patent at issue just yet. On
| Friday, the companyâs legal team, led by
| Matthew Powers of Weil, Gotshal & Manges,
| filed a petition with the Federal Circuit
| asking for a rehearing en banc. Powers
| didn't return calls for this story.
| Earlier coverage on i4i's trial win, post-
| trial action, and Federal Circuit win is
| available from the AmLaw Litigation Daily.
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http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2010/01/jurors-from-i4i-v-microsoft.html
Head of Microsoft-beating i4i explains next moves in XML lawsuit
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| The chairman of the company that has won
| an injunction preventing Microsoft from
| selling Word 2007 because of patent
| infringement says he will not license the
| technology to the company â and has not
| ruled out going after any other products
| that infringe its XML patent.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/jan/12/microsoft-i4i-chairman-interview-xml-lawsuit
Blackboard v. Desire2Learn Is Over
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| All lawsuits have been dropped by both sides.
| The companies will cross-license each othersâ
| patent portfolios under undisclosed terms,
| which gives both companies an opportunity to
| save face. After three and a half years,
| higher education can move on. Left unresolved
| is the larger question of the role of patents
| in higher education, but that is at least as
| much a question for the universities as it is
| for the vendors.
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http://mfeldstein.com/blackboard-v-desire2learn-is-over/
Opinion No. 19: Official Acknowledgement by the Commission
http://jukkarannila.fi/lausunnot.html#nro_19
Recent:
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
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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