In a jurisdictional decision, the U. S. Federal court has once again stuck to its decision of paying $240m by Microsoft for the damages to i4i. The current judgment asks Microsoft to do away with i4i technology from its Office software suite and also to cease the sale of "infringing programs".

Initially, after losing the first round of the legal fight, Microsoft had filled a review and re-consideration appeal which was followed by the decision's sustainment after panel of judges looked into the matter in December 2009.

The reasons for sticking to the decision were disclosed by the court in the second appeal as the judges said that facts prevailed, which proved the Microsoft intentionally turned up the i4i technology in the Office programs even though company was well aware of the fact that i4i was patented before. The basic blame is that Microsoft has "infringing a patent", which was in possession of i4i with a attribute in Word 2003 and 2007 that permits the users to craft custom XML documents.

The founder of I4i Michel Vulpe expressed his contentment as court upheld its earlier decided injunction that will initiate by January 2010. This ban will be applicable to Microsoft Office software, especially Word 2003 and 2007.