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Microsoft Word Patent Case Going To Supreme Court

Posted by Soulskill on from the eye-for-an-eye dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Microsoft may have had to change Word after being found guilty of violating a Canadian company's patents, but it's still resisting paying for damages — and is taking the fight to the US Supreme Court. If you can't stand either MS or patents, who do you root for here?"

2 of 207 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Since Microsoft is Evil by cprocjr · · Score: 0, Troll

    They also have the most to lose. If they couldn't enforce their patents, someone could start selling (or giving away) copies of Microsoft products, only having to rebrand them to avoid trademark issues. Knock offs could be exact replicas of Microsoft software. People could steal everything Microsoft (or any other company) develops.

  2. Re:Well, duh. by santax · · Score: 0, Troll

    Thanks buddy, you put some effort in that comment. I appreciate it. My believes where wrong so it seems. I stand corrected ;)