United States : Microsoft wins delay of order tied to Word patent dispute.Byline: Mamta03 Microsoft (Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, www.microsoft.com) The most successful and influential software company. Microsoft's software and Intel's hardware pioneered the PC and revolutionized the computer industry. Corp. won a delay of a federal-court order that required it to immediately change or stop marketing its Word program, a key part of its Office productivity-software suite, media reports said. Last month, the Toronto Toronto (tərŏn`tō), city (1998 est pop. 2,400,000), provincial capital, S Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and since the 1970s has been one of the fastest-changing cities in North America, experiencing content-solutions provider i4i won a $290 million verdict that Microsoft had infringed one of its patents. A U.S. District Court judge in Texas had barred the Redmond Redmond, city (1990 pop. 35,800), King co., W Wash., a suburb of Seattle, on Lake Sammamish; inc. 1912. Its economy centers around computer software (Microsoft Corp. , Wash., software giant /quotes/comstock/15*!msft/quotes/nls/msft (MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade 24.62, +0.51, +2.12%) from selling the infringing versions of Word. The judge had given Microsoft until Oct. 10 to comply with the order, a deadline the company had said it could not meet, media reports said. But media reports said that on Thursday Thursday: see week. , the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington deferred that order until the two sides resolve the patent dispute. Oral arguments on Microsoft's appeal of the verdict are scheduled for Sept. 23 in Washington, the reports say. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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