Microsoft granted stay of Word injunction

CNET ^ | September 3, 2009 4:35 PM PDT | Steven Musil

[SmokingJoe]

Microsoft has been granted a stay of a landmark injunction in a patent infringement case that would have required the software giant to stop selling its popular Word in its current form by next month.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday granted Microsoft's motion for a stay, pending appeal, of an injunction issued in August by a federal judge that bars sales of Word that include a custom XML code found to infringe on patents held by i4i--the plaintiff.

"We are happy with the result and look forward to presenting our arguments on the main issues on September 23," Microsoft spokesman Kevin Kutz said in a statement

[SmokingJoe]

I pretty much called it:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2320396/posts?page=33#33

[Freddd]

Oh the Joys of being in bed with Obama, eh?

[SmokingJoe]

Naaaah.
The joys of having sane judges, who recognize a patent roll when they see one.
These kinds of injunctions are almost always set side pending appeal. Nothing new here. Move along.

[SmokingJoe]

The joys of having sane judges, who recognize a patent troll when they see one

[Whenifhow]

“Oh the Joys of being in bed with Obama, eh?”

Indeed!

In the linked article below, it says that the GATES foundation
co-developed the controversial Obama in schools on Sept. 8.
Notice it says it is a 5 YEAR program!!

“Get Schooled: You Have the Right” will air commercial-free, and kicks off a five-year national initiative co-developed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Viacom that allows the corporate world and communities to address the challenges facing America’s public schools.

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6678944.html