Judge Rules Microsoft Word Can No Longer Be Sold

Judge Leonard Davis, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, ruled Tuesday that Microsoft can no longer sell Microsoft Word in the United States due to patent infringement. One can imagine Bill Gates having to pick himself off the floor after reading that ruling. Indeed, the ubiquitous software that you probably use every day infringes a patent, according to Davis. To be perfectly honest, Davis’ ruling simply upheld a $200M verdict issued in May of this year, when jurors found that Microsoft

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