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images/news/microsoft.jpgMicrosoft is going to have to cease providing Custom XML as part of its Office suite, as it has lost its appeal to overturn a patent-infringement verdict awarded to Toronto-based i4i for that technology.
The plaintiffs were seeking $200 million for patent infringement. The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals is awarding i4i more than $290 million, plus an added $40 million for intentional infringement, according to a Bloomberg report about the December 22 court verdict. Microsoft has until January 11 to remove the Custom XML functionality, five months after the original late August 2009 ruling date, the Bloomberg report said.
According to what I had heard previously, Microsoft already has figured a way to disable the Custom XML feature and could address the court order via a release of a Word 2007 version with a patch that will disable that functionality. I’d assume the same fix will be applied to Office 2010 between now and its final release by June 2010.
According to Microsoft, Custom XML is the support for custom-defined schemas. It enables integration of documents with business processes and business data.
ZDNet
The plaintiffs were seeking $200 million for patent infringement. The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals is awarding i4i more than $290 million, plus an added $40 million for intentional infringement, according to a Bloomberg report about the December 22 court verdict. Microsoft has until January 11 to remove the Custom XML functionality, five months after the original late August 2009 ruling date, the Bloomberg report said.
According to what I had heard previously, Microsoft already has figured a way to disable the Custom XML feature and could address the court order via a release of a Word 2007 version with a patch that will disable that functionality. I’d assume the same fix will be applied to Office 2010 between now and its final release by June 2010.
According to Microsoft, Custom XML is the support for custom-defined schemas. It enables integration of documents with business processes and business data.
ZDNet
