Microsoft Rescues Word
Last year, Microsoft lost a patent infringement lawsuit to i4i, a company that owns an XML patent that Word violates. Microsoft has to pay i4i $290 million and take the offending Word off the market.
Not one to take the death of a 27-year-old product lightly, Microsoft has issued a patch that removes the specific XML function.
Meanwhile, Redmond's legal eagles plan to fight the ruling, and i4i promises to keep a close eye on Word.
Posted by Doug Barney on January 11, 2010