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MS Word banned from market, along with .DOCX

Posted by Calvin Robinson on August 12, 2009 · 1 Comment

Image via CrunchBase Canadian firm ‘i4i Ltd.’ won a case against Microsoft in the US District Court 60 days ago, claiming Microsoft knowingly use XML technology infringing a 1998 patent owned by i4i. Today the US Federal Court ruled that Microsoft must stop selling any products using .XML, .DOCX or .DOCM. This news is huge, but should come as a relief to groups against proprietary [...]

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