Interesting look at why Microsoft will, in the end, prevail in this: http://www.infoworld.com/t/intellectual-property/5-reasons-word-will-weather-patent-challenge-404
::michael Rodney Dixon wrote: > I find the whole thing kind of funny since I saw a blurb just this week > about MS getting a patent on "Word-processing document stored in a > single XML file that may be manipulated by applications that understand > XML" > > I can't find the original link I read, but here is another one that > talks about it. > http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/08/microsoft-granted-patent-o > n-xml-word-processing-files.ars > or > http://tinyurl.com/mblzv6 > > > Regards > Rodney > > ============================================================================== > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information in this electronic message (including > any attachments) is confidential and may be privileged or proprietary. If > you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, disclosure, copying, > downloading, or other use of the information is prohibited and unauthorized, > and may be unlawful, regardless of address or routing. If you are not the > intended recipient, please inform the sender immediately and permanently > delete and destroy the original and any copies of this message, including any > attachments. > ============================================================================== > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
