According to the suit, this one (http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=13&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PTXT&s1=5787449&OS=5787449&RS=5787449), it seems. Apparently, it has to do with the use of custom XML in documents (such as, in this case, Word docs).
Probably for the best, as I haven't actually taken patent law yet. (3L fall, I'm thinking. But I may be able to talk more about this before then, seeing as I'm working for an IP boutique...)
MS Word right now isn't just leaping off the shelves under the premise of "I'm awesome and easy to use!" Shit, I swear that Microsoft changes things in each version just to make things more difficult for their users.
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Date: 2009-12-23 06:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-23 06:14 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-23 06:28 am (UTC)I won't get into my feelings about patents here.
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Date: 2009-12-23 06:30 am (UTC)Probably for the best, as I haven't actually taken patent law yet. (3L fall, I'm thinking. But I may be able to talk more about this before then, seeing as I'm working for an IP boutique...)
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Date: 2009-12-23 06:05 am (UTC)It would be a much better world if we would all go back to WordPerfect.
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Date: 2009-12-23 06:11 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-23 06:45 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-23 07:09 am (UTC)WordPerfect has been basically the same program since 1985. It's still the same robust workhorse.
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Date: 2009-12-23 12:04 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-23 12:05 pm (UTC)i4ni.
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Date: 2009-12-23 02:59 pm (UTC)I don't see what you did there. But I'm not clever yet this morning. No coffee.
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Date: 2009-12-23 03:03 pm (UTC)(That's ok. It was posted before I was awake, too, and is probably amusing only to me.)
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Date: 2009-12-23 04:37 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2009-12-23 05:14 pm (UTC)