Software Patent News for August 12th

By Eric Waltmire on August 12, 2009

Judge orders Microsoft to stop selling Word [CNET News] –
"A judge on Tuesday [August 11, 2008] ordered Microsoft to stop selling Word, one of its premier products, in its current form due to patent infringement. . . .
[The Court] issued a permanent injunction that "prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the United States any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML . . ."

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