<div dir="ltr">Yonatan<br><br>It appeared to me at first that i4i was a patent troll so I promptly ignored the fracas.<br>but they appear to be a legit software house. <br><br>OTOH -<br>Their injunction came shortly after Microsoft was awarded a patent related to using XML in Word - which suggests to me that they are trying to make money by contesting the MSFT patent on grounds that MSFT has deep pockets and can afford to pay them money.<br>
<br>The case is ludicrous <br><br> the judge wants to forbid MSFT from selling Word in the US on grounds of a patent-infringement that cannot be proved to protect a company that relies on Word to sell it's product.<br>
<br>I think this is called "Chelm"<br><br>-- <br>Danny Lieberman<br>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><a href="http://www.software.co.il/wordpress">http://www.software.co.il/wordpress</a> Danny on data security<br>
Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/onlyjazz">http://twitter.com/onlyjazz</a><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 11:47 AM, Jonathan Ben Avraham <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:yba@tkos.co.il">yba@tkos.co.il</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">My dearest fellow list members,<br>
Can someone explain to me what the i4i-MS tiff is about? Do i4i's patent claims regarding their XML technology affect other uses of XML besides MS Office? That is, on this issue should we be backing MS?<br>
Many thanks,<br>
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