Microsoft has failed in its attempt to dismiss a court case that would stop it selling Word.
The software giant appealed against a ruling which found it infringed a patent owned by Canadian company i4i.
With the failure of the appeal Microsoft must now pay i4i damages of $290m (£182m) and comply with an injunction ending the sales of some versions of Word.
Following on from yesterday’s post on OneNote Web App, we’ve got the chance to take a look the Editing View of the Word Web App, currently disabled in the recently released Office Web Apps technical preview. Here’s a screenshot of it running in Windows Live SkyDrive:
Link – http://liveside.net/main/archive/2009/09/26/exclusive-first-look-at-word-web-app-s-editing-view.aspx
Following on from yesterday’s post on OneNote Web App, we’ve got the chance to take a look the Editing View of the Word Web App, currently disabled in the recently released Office Web Apps technical preview. Here’s a screenshot of it running in Windows Live SkyDrive:
Link – http://liveside.net/main/archive/2009/09/26/exclusive-first-look-at-word-web-app-s-editing-view.aspx
A US federal court has ordered Microsoft to pay over $290m (£175m) for wilfully infringing on a patent by Canadian firm i4i.
The patent relates to the use of XML, a programming language that allows formatting of text and makes files readable across different programs.
XML is integral to Microsoft’s flagship word processing software Word.
Texas district court judge Leonard Davis also filed an injunction preventing Microsoft from selling Word.
I’m sure many of you are wanting to know more about Office 2010. If you one of those searching for information then you should check out the Microsoft Word Blog, which has posted all about the Search / Find features supported in the latest release.
Link – http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word/archive/2009/08/11/the-new-find-experience.aspx
