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Title	Microsoft offers patent protection for Office binaries
Type	News
Source	IDG News Service 02/18/2008
Summary	Microsoft on Friday said it has added Office binary formats to a list of technologies that are protected against patent-violation claims, answering criticism from some involved in the Office Open XML (OOXML) file-format standards process. continue

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