Maybe Google’s Larry Page needs Microsoft Word, after all

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We hesitate to bring this up, having made more than our share of grammatical mistakes and typos over the years. (Heck, over the past week.) But here’s a situation that Microsoft’s marketers should probably turn into an ad for Microsoft Word. A post last week by Google CEO Larry Page on Google+, highlighting the events… Read More…

Q&A: i4i chairman adds up a $290M verdict vs. Microsoft

Loudon Owen, left, and Michael Vulpe of i4i, literally adding up the damages.

Earlier today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of Toronto-based technology company i4i in a patent infringement lawsuit against Microsoft — rejecting the Redmond company’s bid to lower the standard for proving patents invalid at trial. The landmark decision upholds a $290 million verdict against Microsoft. GeekWire spoke via phone with Loudon Owen, i4i’s… Read More…

Supreme Court rules against Microsoft in landmark i4i patent case: What it means

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The U.S. Supreme Court this morning rejected Microsoft’s appeal in a long-running patent dispute with Canadian technology company i4i, turning away an attempt by Microsoft and its industry allies to lower the standard for challenging patents at trial. Read the Supreme Court’s decision here: PDF. The decision upholds a $290 million judgment against Microsoft. But more… Read More…

Microsoft vs. i4i at U.S. Supreme Court: Future of patent law at stake

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Microsoft and i4i L.P., a small Canadian tech company, will square off this morning in oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court — the climax in a 4-year-old patent-infringement battle between the companies. At issue in the case is a $290 million verdict against Microsoft for violating i4i’s U.S. Patent No. 5,787,449 through the use… Read More…