A U.S. judge issued a permanent injunction preventing Microsoft Corp. (MSFT-Q23.600.472.03%) from selling its flagship “Word” software in the United States, agreeing with a jury verdict that the company willfully violated a patent held by a small Toronto firm.
Microsoft has been barred from selling MS Word in the US and while being forced to pay $290 million in damages to I4i, a Toronto company.
From the Globe and Mail:
"The firm said that several years ago it approached Microsoft with a breakthrough product in data processing, only to be spurned and to see its technology show up later in versions of Microsoft Word. "
Should be interesting....
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