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It is hard to be sympathetic...
... to a company that (a) wilfully infringed the patent in the first place, and (b) is more than happy to rattle the same software patent sabre at other companies when it's in its own interests to do so.

Letting MS off the hook would basically give MS a free pass to infringe any patent it so chooses. How's that for "irreparable harm"?
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So i4i should be required to license it's product to MS?  CrunchyFerrett | 08/26/09
You are forgetting the EXTREMELY LONG TIME PERIOD  Lerianis10 | 08/26/09
Do some more reading before engaging rant mode  deaf_e_kate | 08/27/09
It is hard to be sympathetic...  Zogg | 08/26/09
Hard to feel sorry for MS since they have also been on the other end, with  DonnieBoy | 08/26/09
RE: MSFT appeals judge's block of Word  sean_hando@... | 08/26/09
You are incredibly wrong..  daftkey | 08/26/09
"they aught to have known"??  James T. Kirk | 08/27/09
No.. look up the patent..  daftkey | 08/27/09
They knew they were infringing  Rude Union | 08/27/09
Not just Microsoft..  daftkey | 08/27/09
Of Course  Rude Union | 08/27/09
I agree that software patents are a bad thing  Michael Kelly | 08/27/09
OOXML?  sdunn2000@... | 08/26/09
Patent Laws  wtf_bsod! | 08/26/09
Very funny.. but untrue...  daftkey | 08/26/09
Read this then  wtf_bsod! | 08/27/09
Good example  Spats30 | 08/27/09
I agree, it is a good example..  daftkey | 08/27/09
Oh I beg to differ....  Dave32265 | 08/27/09
Then differ - doesn't make it right..  daftkey | 08/27/09
Nobody benefits...  Dave32265 | 08/27/09
Also untrue  jacarter3 | 08/27/09
You actually explained my point better than I did...  daftkey | 08/27/09
Most professors receive a check  jacarter3 | 08/27/09
It doesn't matter, nor should it matter...  daftkey | 08/26/09
Patent law was applauded by MS in the Tom-Tom case  whisperycat | 08/27/09
Bingo...  jasonp@... | 08/27/09
LOL I still use Office 2003  jacarter3 | 08/27/09
Lol -- Why?  SpikeyMike | 08/27/09
Sadly...  Dave32265 | 08/27/09
I do actually  jacarter3 | 08/27/09
Cry me a river, Microshaft...  David Blomstrom | 08/27/09
RE: MSFT appeals judge's block of Word  Loverock Davidson | 08/27/09
Which  Viva la crank dodo | 08/27/09
Actually, we need them to lose big  sdunn2000@... | 08/28/09
Harm, yes. Irreparable? I don't think so.  Michael Kelly | 08/27/09
I guess the bloggers argument comes down to...  zkiwi | 08/27/09
Microsoft is "too big"....... very true!  Ole Man | 08/27/09
It's the only leverage avbailable really.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/27/09
Exactly right  Seenidog | 08/27/09
Intellectual property should be honored  shanee25 | 08/27/09
Then you should read this:  sdunn2000@... | 08/28/09
If software patents were a bad thing....  shanee25 | 08/27/09
Deeply out of whack system?  twaynesdomain | 08/27/09
offer Microsoft products to open source if they don't want to comply...  dougogd@... | 08/27/09
An excellent opportunity  Roger Ramjet | 08/28/09
RE: MSFT appeals judge's block of Word  FutureTechie | 08/29/09
well who do you think will be next  rparker009 | 08/31/09

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