Vertical Computer Systems is suing Microsoft for patent infringement related to Microsoft's .Net framework for building Windows-based software. Vertical filed suit April 18 in a U.S. District Court in Texas alleging that Microsoft has infringed on its Patent No. 6,826,744, for a "system and method for generating websites in an arbitrary object framework." The patent is for Vertical's SiteFlash technology, which utilizes XML to create a component-based structure to build and efficiently operate websites, according to the company's website. A Vertical spokesman could not be reached for comment.

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