In quite a sensational ruling in a US court last Wednesday, Microsoft have been found guilty of patent infringements that impact badly on their WORD word processing package.
US federal court has ordered Microsoft to pay over $290m (£175m) for willfully infringing on a patent by Canadian firm i4i.
The patent relates to the use of XML, a mark-up 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. The row specifically relates to the use of Extensible Mark-up Language, or XML, documents. I4i filed a patent in 1998 that outlined a means for "manipulating the architecture and the content of a document separately from each other" invoking XML as a means allowing users to format text documents.
XML is also used extensively among other word-processing programs such as OpenOffice.
Earlier this year, the court found in a jury trial that Microsoft had infringed the patent and awarded i4i $200m (£120m). In the latest ruling, the court ordered Microsoft to pay $40m (£24m) for the willful nature of the infringement and interest on the amounts totaling more than $40m.
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