XML patents

Where they've been granted

• In New Zealand, an XML patent was granted to Microsoft in 2005 for "parsing, modifying, reading, and creating the word-processor document".
• In the USA in 2009, Microsoft was granted an XML patent (US7,571,169) for Word-processing document stored in a single XML file that may be manipulated by applications that understand XML. This was discussed on Slashdot in August 2009.
• In Costa Rica

Related pages on ESP Wiki

• i4i v. Microsoft
• Litigation and specific patents
• Tim Bray on software patents - one of the developers of XML
• Example software patents
  • Audio-video patents
  • Business method patents
  • Financial transaction patents
  • Image processing patents
  • Micro-blogging patents
  • Security, encryption and spam solution patents
  • Webpage and e-commerce patents

External links

Press coverage

• http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-329645.html
• http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/08/microsoft-granted-patent-on-xml-word-processing-files.ars