Microsoft lost (another) battle in court yesterday-- this time for infringing upon patents held by &quot;i4i&quot;, with it's Microsoft Word product. A permanent injunciton was ordered that &quot;prohibits Microsoft 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.&quot;

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Of course, Microsoft has already stated it plans on appealing-- it has only 60 days to comply with the ruling otherwise

i4i is to be awarded over $290 million dollars in damages.