[Random-bits] Corel/Microsoft

[James Love]

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Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 23:54:48 -0400
From: James Love <love@CPTECH.ORG>
To: AT-MEMBERS@MAIL.ABANET.ORG
Subject: Corel/Microsoft

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20001012/tc/microsoft_net_for_linux__1.html

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Some industry pundits likened the Microsoft investment in Corel to other
investments Microsoft made a few years ago in both Apple Computer Corp.
and Inprise Corp.  (Nasdaq:INPR - news) -- in terms of providing quick
ends to pending lawsuits by those two companies against Microsoft.

But, according to the SEC document, it was Microsoft that was poised to
sue Corel for patent infringement. The three patents in question
involved Microsoft's equation editor, table formatter, and spelling and
grammar checker.

"Microsoft covenants to Corel that neither Microsoft nor any of its
Affiliates shall sue Corel based on any claim that current or past
versions of Corel Office Professional or Corel WordPerfect Suite (and
successor Corel WordPerfect office productivity products) (collectively,
the "Covenanted Products") infringe Microsoft's U.S. Patents 5,510,980;
5,272,628; 5,287,514; and 5,437,036," specified the Corel SEC filing.


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James Love, Consumer Project on Technology
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