Microsoft patent case goes to trial
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft is set to go to trial Tuesday in a patent case that challenges a key element of the software giant's Office software. Arendi Holdings, a small Swiss company, filed the lawsuit in 2002, charging Microsoft with violating its U.S. Patent 6,323,853 for a "method, system and computer readable medium for addressing handling from a computer program." The case is scheduled to begin a jury trial Tuesday in U.S. District Court for Rhode Island, with a decision expected in about two weeks.