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A US federal court has ordered Microsoft to pay over $290m (£175m) for wilfully infringing on a patent by Canadian firm i4i.
The patent relates to the use of XML, a mark-up language that allows formatting of text and makes files readable across different programs.
XML is integral to Microsoft's flagship word processing software Word.
Texas district court judge Leonard Davis also filed an injunction preventing Microsoft from selling Word.
The row specifically relates to the use of Extensible Mark-up Language, or XML, documents.
I4i filed a patent in 1998 that outlined a means for "manipulating the architecture and the content of a document separately from each other" invoking XML as a means allowing users to format text documents. Loooooooooooooooooooooooool! BBC News Report
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thing is...were is all that money going to go?
Uncertainty or not knowing causes depression, Im happy because I know I'm going to die one day!
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Usually the IP holder, as with all copyright and patent infringement claims, in this case i4i, if and when any appeal has been heard and Microsoft are still found to infringe upon patents of course. PS. Not like the EU anti-trust fines, were the money generally goes to Franch Farmers et al!
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