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		<title>Update to Microsoft Word Lawsuit</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft released a supplemental patch for Office 2007 that is required for the United States in order to comply with the injunction of August 12, 2009.  From the Microsoft OEM Partner Center:
After this patch is installed, Word will no longer read the Custom XML elements contained within DOCX, DOCM, or XML files. These files will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word to Microsoft &#8211; Pay Up and Cease Sales</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge Davis of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas entered a final judgement against Microsoft today, following a jury verdict issued on May 20, 2009.
The suit originated in 2007, when Canadian software firm i4i Ltd sued Microsoft for infringing their U.S. Patent 5,787,499.  The suit alleged that Microsoft knowingly infringed on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Emotiflag Patent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft managed to land a patent grant for emotiflags this past week despite well-known prior usage.  The IP team member at Microsoft who received the Notice of Allowance sent a blast email including a  :)
Lotus notes users, however, responded to the news with a  :(
Although it sounds like a parody of the likes of Despair.com, [...]]]></description>
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