Microsoft will patch Word on the Mac to comply with a federal court’s ruling requiring it to remove custom XML technology. A Texas court also ordered Microsoft to pay developer i4i nearly $300 million in damages for allegedly violating the Canadian company’s custom XML patent. Microsoft issued an update for Word 2003 for Windows on Saturday to abide by the same ruling. Microsoft has not given up on the patent infringement case, asking for a rehearing of its appeal with the same three-judge panel.”]