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<p>Just when it looked as if Microsoft had thrown in the towel in
the ongoing patent infringement case involving Toronto-based i4i,
the Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider Microsoft’s appeal.</p>
<p>The case will examine what should constitute the proper legal
standard for determining a patent’s validity. Microsoft and a
number of companies backing its play — including Apple, Google,
Intel, Verizon, a number of auto makers, drug companies and
financial services companies — all are in favor of the Court to
make it easier for companies facing infringement suits to prove a
patent is invalid.</p>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-microsoft-patent-infringement-appeal/8074?tag=nl.e589">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-microsoft-patent-infringement-appeal/8074?tag=nl.e589</a><br>
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