Vertical Computer System (VSI) has announced that it has a filed suit for patent infringement against Microsoft, particularly on its Patent No 6,826,744, for a “system and method for generating web sites in an arbitrary object framework,” in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

VSI alleges that Microsoft sells software including the .Net development platform that breaches this patent.

The said patent is for Vertical’s SiteFlash technology. This technology uses XML (Extensible Markup Language) to create a component-based structure to build and efficiently operate Web sites. It separates the content, form, and function of the computer application so that each may be accessed or modified separately.

The method includes creating arbitrary objects, managing the arbitrary objects throughout their life cycle in an object library, and deploying the arbitrary objects in a design framework for use in complex computer applications.

The complaint says Microsoft is still willfully infringing on the patent despite Vertical having put Microsoft on notice about it on Feb 7 Vertical is asking for a jury trial. A Vertical spokesman could not be reached for comment.

A Microsoft representative was not immediately available for comment.

In a Washington district court, F&G Research filed an 830 patent action alleging Microsoft has infringed patent 5,313,229, called “mouse and method for concurrent cursor position and scrolling control.” It has alleged Microsoft markets a four way or up and down mouse covered in the 229 and another patent, number 5,374,942. The firm also alleges that Microsoft keyboards like the desktop 4000 and 8000 use wheels which infringe F&G technology.

VSI and F&G Research want juries to decide damages in their respective cases.

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Entry was posted on Sunday, April 22nd, 2007 at 11:56 pm under Legal, Microsoft, Technology.

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