SEATTLE: A federal appeals court has rejected Microsoft Corp’s request to review a US$290mil (RM986mil) patent ruling involving the software maker’s popular wordprocessing program.
Microsoft had asked the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for a review by its full roster of judges. In December, a three-judge panel from that court had upheld a lower court ruling that Microsoft infringed on patents held by i4i Inc, a Canadian software company.
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