Microsoft hit with patent suit over .Net
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
Vertical Computer Systems is suing Microsoft for patent infringement related to Microsoft's .Net framework for building Windows-based software.
Vertical filed suit April 18 in a U.S. District Court in Texas alleging that Microsoft has infringed on its Patent No. 6,826,744 for a "system and method for generating Web sites in an arbitrary object framework." The patent is for Vertical's SiteFlash technology, which utilizes XML to create a component-based structure to build and efficiently operate Web sites, according to the company's Web site. A Vertical spokesman could not be reached for comment.