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| Microsoft overturns Word sale ban | |
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| Microsoft has overturned a ban on it selling its flagship Word software, imposed after a patent dispute. | Microsoft has overturned a ban on it selling its flagship Word software, imposed after a patent dispute. |
| The block was imposed by a Texan court following a ruling that its use of formatting language XML in Word 2003 and 2007 infringed patents. | |
| Under the ruling Microsoft was ordered to pay Canadian patent owner i4i $290m (£177m) damages and also told to stop sales of the relevant versions of Word. | Under the ruling Microsoft was ordered to pay Canadian patent owner i4i $290m (£177m) damages and also told to stop sales of the relevant versions of Word. |
| The ban on sales was due to come in to force in mid-October. | The ban on sales was due to come in to force in mid-October. |
| The ruling was made on 12 August in a Texas court following a long-running dispute between i4i and Microsoft. | The ruling was made on 12 August in a Texas court following a long-running dispute between i4i and Microsoft. |
| I4i's patent was filed in 1998 and outlines ways for "manipulating the architecture and the content of a document separately from each other" and invokes XML as a way to let people format text documents. | I4i's patent was filed in 1998 and outlines ways for "manipulating the architecture and the content of a document separately from each other" and invokes XML as a way to let people format text documents. |
| XML, or Extensible Markup Language, is a formatting system that preserves the structure of information, such as that in a spreadsheet, as it is passed around and handled by different programs. | XML, or Extensible Markup Language, is a formatting system that preserves the structure of information, such as that in a spreadsheet, as it is passed around and handled by different programs. |
| Following the 12 August ruling Microsoft filed a request to stay the injunction and also asked for the case to be put on a fast track so its appeal could be heard quickly. | Following the 12 August ruling Microsoft filed a request to stay the injunction and also asked for the case to be put on a fast track so its appeal could be heard quickly. |
| The US court said Microsoft had met the conditions needed to grant the stay. Arguments in Microsoft's appeal against the earlier ruling are due to be heard on 23 September. | The US court said Microsoft had met the conditions needed to grant the stay. Arguments in Microsoft's appeal against the earlier ruling are due to be heard on 23 September. |
| "We are happy with the result and look forward to presenting our arguments on the main issues on September 23," said Kevin Kutz, a Microsoft spokesman, in a statement. | "We are happy with the result and look forward to presenting our arguments on the main issues on September 23," said Kevin Kutz, a Microsoft spokesman, in a statement. |