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Twas the Night before Christmas at i4i
The Impact of the Pending Reexamination on i4i Limited Partnership v. Microsoft (E.D. Tx)
i4i filed suit against Microsoft back in March of 2007 in Texas for infringing U.S. Patent 5,787,449, relating to certain XML data structures. Faced with an injunction at the conclusion of trial in August of 2009, Microsoft was granted an emergency stay pending the further review of the Federal Circuit. As widely reported yesterday, the Federal Circuit has refused to overturn the injunction threatening the continued sale of Microsoft Word®, now scheduled to go into effect on January 11, 2010.
While Microsoft may have a few appellate tricks up their sleeve to perhaps stave of the injunction a bit longer, it appears that the game is all but over.
But what of the pending reexamination of the i4i Patent ordered at the USPTO? Read the rest of this entry »
