Microsoft files emergency motion in Word verdict
WinInfo | at | by Mike
Late Friday, Microsoft filed an emergency motion with the US District Court for Eastern Texas in a bid to block a ruling that could force it to stop selling its dominant Word application in 60 days. Judge Leonard Davis ruled against Microsoft last week, ordering the company to pay about $290 million in fines and stop selling Word, which the judge says infringes on a patent owned by i4i
The ruling against Microsoft and its Word application has garnered worldwide attention, but legal experts say there's little chance that Microsoft will actually have to stop selling the product. A host of legal and technical workarounds exist, and Microsoft can next begin what could be a lengthy appeals process, which would push out the stop date by a year and a half.