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September 23 is the date a federal appeals court has set for a hearing in the i4i vs. Microsoft patent infringement case over Microsoft Word.

I’m doubtful Microsoft will let things go that long. I’m betting we’ll see either a settlement between the Redmondians and the Toronto-based company that won its patent suit in Texas a week ago — or Microsoft will issue a patch for Word that will pull Custom XML from the product.

According to the ruling in the case, which Microsoft is appealing, Microsoft is prohibited 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.”

Microsoft Playing Chicken In Word Patent Dispute

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