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Yes, you read it right. Microsoft cannot sell Microsoft Word anymore in the US as per the latest judgement by Judge Leonard Davis, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

The Judge ordered a permanent injunction, that “prohibits Microsoft from selling or importing to the United States any Microsoft Word products that have the capability of opening .XML, .DOCX or DOCM files (XML files) containing custom XML,” according to an announcement by the plaintiff, Toronto-based i4i Inc.

The injunction, which becomes effective in 60 days, prohibits Microsoft from selling future Word products that allegedly use the patented technology. It also enjoins Microsoft from testing, demonstrating, marketing or offering support for those future products.

Davis also ordered Microsoft to pay i4i more than $290 million in damages.

“We are disappointed by the court’s ruling,” Microsoft spokesman Kevin Kutz said in a statement. “We believe the evidence clearly demonstrated that we do not infringe and that the i4i patent is invalid. We will appeal the verdict.”

Well, in my opinion, while the judgment does leave  Microsoft with a scar, Microsoft can certainly change the next version of Microsoft Office ( Office 2010) to NOT open these file types, rather it can offer a convertor which will then convert them to the old .doc format or some other new format. ( maybe).

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