<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffcc" text="#000000"> Just when it looked as if Microsoft had thrown in the towel in the ongoing patent infringement case involving Toronto-based i4i, the Supreme Court has agreed to reconsider Microsoft’s appeal. The case will examine what should constitute the proper legal standard for determining a patent’s validity. Microsoft and a number of companies backing its play — including Apple, Google, Intel, Verizon, a number of auto makers, drug companies and financial services companies — all are in favor of the Court to make it easier for companies facing infringement suits to prove a patent is invalid. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-microsoft-patent-infringement-appeal/8074?tag=nl.e589">http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/supreme-court-agrees-to-hear-microsoft-patent-infringement-appeal/8074?tag=nl.e589</a> </body> </html>