Canadian i4i says it will win patent case against Microsoft

Toronto-based i4i has responded to U.S. Court of Appeals ruling granting a stay of an injunction on sales of some Microsoft Office products. The company sued Microsoft for infringing a 1998 XML patent that it holds, in Word 2003 and Word 2007. Last month, a U.S. District court ordered Microsoft to pay $290 million to i4i and issued an injunction that would ban the sale of the Word versions involved. ... [ read the full article ]