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Has MS filed a patent suit?
Did I miss a patent infringement suit filed by Microsoft? I know they paid SCO for some patents and we can look suspect on the amount (of course if SCO has sued and won againt MS for the patents, would we have cheered?)

Frankly, if an organization sees a standard come out using their patent and does not react in a timely fashion, they should lose rights to it (kind of like trademarks -- which is why if you ask for a "Coke" the server must ask "Is Pepsi okay?").
Posted by: __howard__   Posted on: 04/23/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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How long do patents last?  Bill4 | 04/22/05
37 years  voska | 04/22/05
So long as companies can keep ponying up the green iron  Jeff Spicoli | 04/22/05
I could be wrong, but ...  rock06r | 04/22/05
Just kidding around guys....  Bill4 | 04/22/05
This is what's the fundamental problem  rock06r | 04/22/05
According to uspto,,,  potomac79 | 04/22/05
Sweet Deal  Jeff Spicoli | 04/22/05
Until...  rock06r | 04/22/05
How much GPL  Real World | 04/22/05
A lot of this is the fault of the computer/software companies  j.m.galvin | 04/22/05
Whoops - posted wrong place - meant as reply to ARTICLE nt  j.m.galvin | 04/22/05
Caught in the hypocrisy again.  vdraken | 04/22/05
Hypocrisy begets hypocrisy  shawkins | 04/22/05
Thanks Shawky  Jeff Spicoli | 04/22/05
Not just "hypocritical"  Richard Flude | 04/22/05
Has MS filed a patent suit?  __howard__ | 04/23/05
Coke/pepsi  voska | 04/25/05
Well, maybe two wrongs will make a right  FilledOut | 04/22/05
Well, that tells me something  JimSatterfieldW | 04/25/05
PNG, here I come!  CobraA1 | 04/22/05
PNG will not help  FirstNLastN | 04/22/05
The real problem indeed ...  George Mitchell | 04/22/05
Patent Clerks Not Greedy  __howard__ | 04/23/05
Sweet, now if MS could buy up PNG  FilledOut | 04/23/05
The problem with the US patents  Francisco Reis | 04/24/05
Patents  IT_Critic | 04/25/05
Watch what microsoft does  Been_Done_Before | 04/25/05

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