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Federal Court Grants Microsoft Expedited Appeal

Posted by samzenpus on from the the-train-keeps-a-rolling dept.

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."

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  1. US gov't has unhealthy ties to softwar gangsters by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/22/veterans.affairs.bonuses/index.html

    you can do better on that without any hoopla mr. obama?

    handing US back to our captors will not help at all.

    you already know that, so what's the problem, besides the manufactured 'weather', felonious 'bankers' still in charge of US, millions going hungry, big flu season on the way, tropical storms in maryland etc...? you know where we're heading, right?

    even an apprentice spirit could see the connections? thank you for all your excellent/thankless work so far. continued God's speed to you sir.

  2. never a better time to consult with the penguins by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    mr. obama, you should invite/call in, mr. torvalds, mr. gnu, & a few others of their mindset, to assist you in locking down some systems, & providing framework/applications to fit the times, which are tenuous. thanks again.

  3. what's up with the PostBlocker robbIE? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nothing gnu about that? who decides which posts disappear? that would be a more challenging/daunting task then simply assigning the; mynutswon 'score'?

  4. Re:US gov't has unhealthy ties to softwar gangster by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If you think tropical storms in maryland is something new, you're an idiot.