The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday that it will review the i4i lawsuit in which Microsoft was ordered to pay $290 million in damages and make changes to Word.
Toronto-based i4i, a software developer, originally sued Microsoft for infringing on an XML editing feature in Microsoft's word-processing software. A federal jury in Texas last year found Microsoft had infringed on i4i's patent and awarded $200 million in damages, which was then raised to $290 million by a U.S. District Court judge who affirmed the decision.
In January, Microsoft made changes to Word to comply with a court injunction.
Microsoft asked the U.S. federal Court of Appeals to review, which denied the appeal in April.
The U.S. Supreme Court granted Microsoft's petition for a writ of certiorari review Monday. The Chief Justice did not participate in the consideration of Microsoft's petition.
Update 12:15 p.m.:
Microsoft released this statement from from David Howard, deputy general counsel for litigation: "We are gratified by the Court?s decision. It?s a clear affirmation that the issues raised in this case are critical to the integrity of our patent system."
Loudon Owen, i4i's chairman, also put out a statement saying, "The attack on patent holders and the adverse implications from the standard Microsoft is proposing is unprecedented and would deal a devastating blow to any U.S. patent holder, large or small." He also pointed out that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office denied Microsoft's second request to review the patent in the lawsuit last week.
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