Volume VII

Issue : 12: September 10, 2009

• Microsoft Obtains Stay of Injunction Prohibiting Sales of MS Word
• Apple Sued For Copyright Infringement for i.TV App Icon
• Court Decides Against Injunction for Misleading Internet Speed
• Twitter Preliminarily Denied TWEET Trade Mark
• Century 21 Sues Rogers Over Copyright Infringement
• DISH Ordered to Pay US$200M to TiVo But Not Found Wilful
• McDonalds Does Not Have Exclusive Right to Mc Prefix in Malaysia
• Facebook to Comply with Canadian Privacy Recommendations

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Microsoft Obtains Stay of Injunction Prohibiting Sales of MS Word

The U.S. Appeals Court for the Federal Circuit recently granted Microsoft Corp. a temporary stay of the permanent injunction previously awarded against Microsoft by a U.S. District Court judge in Texas. The injunction prohibited the sale of versions of MS Word that violated the patents of Toronto-based software company i4i. The i4i patents related to the reading of XML (Extensible Markup Language), a data file format which is used in MS Word and other office-productivity applications. In addition to the injunction, which was scheduled to take effect on October 10, 2009, the Texas court awarded i4i damages in the amount of US$290million. Microsoft has appealed the District Court’s ruling of patent infringement on the basis that the i4i patents are invalid.

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http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/09/04/microsoft-word-ban-injunction-stay.html