Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership

Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership
Argued April 18, 2011
Decided June 9, 2011
Full case name Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership
Docket nos. 10-290
Citations 564 U.S. 91 (more)
131 S. Ct. 2238; 180 L. Ed. 2d 131; 2011 U.S. LEXIS 4376; 79 U.S.L.W. 4454; 98 U.S.P.Q.2d 1857
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy
Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority Sotomayor, joined by Scalia, Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Alito, Kagan
Concurrence Breyer, joined by Scalia, Alito
Concurrence Thomas
Roberts took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership, 564 U.S. 91 (2011), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that the patent-in-reexamination is still valid without any exceptions under 35 USC 282, even if the suggested material is not considered in the process of patent application. To reverse the presumption of validity, the plaintiff should show clear and convincing evidence.[1]

The case came about from a copyright dispute between i4i Ltd. Partnership and Microsoft: i4i charged that Microsoft had infringed on i4i's copyright in a version of Microsoft Word; Microsoft argued that its invalidity defense was subject an overly-strict standard and burden of proof, which was rejected by the Court in its widest possible sense.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. Partnership, 564 U.S. 91 (2011).
  2. ↑ Liptak, Adam (June 10, 2011). "Microsoft Loses Appeal in i4i Patent Case". The New York Times. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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