Windows and Office Get Microsoft Sued

Microsoft has failed to comment in any way the new allegations brought against it by a Texas inventor. The Redmond Company is once again accused of patent infringement. This time, James Taylor contented that Microsoft Windows operating system, office productivity suite and SQL products are infringing on a patent he owns for "Post compile optimiser for linkable object code."

The lawsuit against Microsoft was filled in the US District Court for Eastern Texas. The Redmond Company is confronted with a large amount of patent infringement lawsuits. Microsoft's legal team manages to get the vast majority dismissed and the rest settled out of court. However, it is very difficult for individuals to get the upper hand against Microsoft.

James Taylor owns the "Post compile optimiser for linkable object code" since 1995 for "a system for processing a complete object code data set, to be linked into an executable program." Based on this patent, Microsoft could have included Taylors' work into Windows, Office and SQL products.

The Redmond Company has neither confirmed nor denied the legitimacy of Taylors' claims at this point. But if there is any truth behind the Texan inventor's claims that Microsoft is infringing on his patent with the client and server operating systems, SQL Server database products, and the Office suite, Taylors is looking at a consistent amount of damages.

This is perhaps one of the reasons that the inventor did not mention the actual amount of damages that he is seeking. Taylor also refused to comment in any way the lawsuit he had debuted against the Redmond Company.