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Federal Court Grants Microsoft Expedited Appeal
patentpundit writes "On Friday, August 21, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit granted Microsoft an expedited appeal of its patent infringement loss to i4i Limited Partnership. On August 11, 2009, Microsoft lost a $300 million judgment for infringing the XML patents of i4i by selling Word. Microsoft was given 60 days to stop selling Word, or implement work arounds that did not utilize the infringed technology. Microsoft filed an emergency appeal with the Federal Circuit, and requested a stay of the permanent injunction that will force them to stop selling work 60 days from August 11, 2009. The Federal Circuit granted an expedited oral argument, which will take place on September 23, 2009. Microsoft requested an administrative stay of the permanent injunction, which was denied, and then filed a petition to stay the injunction pending appeal. i4i has until August 25, 2009, to respond to Microsoft's request to stay the injunction pending appeal."
i cant help but think Justice would be better served if it was all taking place in a Euro court..
The European "You have to provide a choice of web browsers" decision was really just a tax on a non-European company. The point wasn't the choice of web browsers, the point was the fine that Microsoft had to pay. I'm much more comfortable that Justice will be served with this taking place in a court that actually deserves some jurisdiction over the litigants.
They partnered with i4i until they learned enough about the code, then kicked i4i in the butt and came out with their own implementation.
ORLY. Got a link? All of the stories about this I've found read like it's just another patent troll incident.