engine - 6:55 pm on Nov 29, 2010 (gmt 0)

U.S. Court To Give Microsoft Opportunity To Review I4i Patent Award [bloomberg.com]

The U.S. Supreme Court will consider making some patents more vulnerable to legal challenge, agreeing to hear Microsoft Corp.’s appeal in a case that forced changes in the company’s Word software and may cost it $300 million. Microsoft, fighting a verdict won by closely held I4i LP, says the federal appeals court that handles patent cases is making it too hard for those accused of infringement to argue that a patent never should have been issued and is invalid.