And the intellectual property rollercoaster continues. The BBC is reporting that Microsoft's appeal against a judgment granting $240 million in damages due to content in Word that infringed on patents held by i4i was today rejected, leaving the read more...

According to BBC News, Microsoft has lost its second appeal to overrule the $240 million dollar fine imposed by a US court for copyright infringement. read more...

More bad news for Microsoft, who again was found guilty of willfully infringing on i4i's patents, this time by the US Federal Court of Appeals. read more...

A permanent injunction against Microsoft selling versions of Word that contain XML editing ability effectively remains in place today, after a shot-in-Dec 2009, Microsoft lost its second appeal to overrule the $240 million dollar fine imposed read more...

The US Federal Court of Appeals again upheld a jury's verdict saying that Microsoft “willfully infringed on a patent awarded to i4i. read more...

Microsoft has lost an appeal against a court judgement that told it to pay $240m (£160m) in damages. In August 2009, a US court awarded the damages to i4i which claimed Microsoft had infringed its patents. read more...

Back in January, Erictric reported that Microsoft filed a second appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit after a US ruled in favor Canadian company i4i Inc., which accused the Redmond-based company of infringing a read more...

And the intellectual property rollercoaster continues. Microsoft's second appeal of that $240m judgment banning sales of Word with features infringing on i4i's XML-related patents has been rejected, leaving the Redmond giant with a huge fine to read more...

The Federal Circuit has offered more guidance on willful patent infringement in a revised ruling in i4i Limited Partnership v. Microsoft Corp. read more...

It probably won't be anything coming off the bonuses of Mr. Ballmer and the others at the top. Instead, there probably won't be those deals that many want to take advantage of on Windows and Office packages. read more...