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* September 2004: The '517 patent is rejected<ref>http://www.pubpat.org/assets/files/MicrosoftFAT/Reynolds_517_Rejected_040916.PDF</ref> thanks to the work of [[PubPat]]<ref>http://www.pubpat.org/Microsoft_517_Rejected.htm</ref> and others.
 
* September 2004: The '517 patent is rejected<ref>http://www.pubpat.org/assets/files/MicrosoftFAT/Reynolds_517_Rejected_040916.PDF</ref> thanks to the work of [[PubPat]]<ref>http://www.pubpat.org/Microsoft_517_Rejected.htm</ref> and others.
 
* January 2006: The '517 patent is reinstated<ref>http://news.cnet.com/Microsofts-file-system-patent-upheld/2100-1012_3-6025447.html</ref>
 
* January 2006: The '517 patent is reinstated<ref>http://news.cnet.com/Microsofts-file-system-patent-upheld/2100-1012_3-6025447.html</ref>
* January 2009: [[Microsoft vs. TomTom, 2008|Microsoft uses it's FAT patents against TomTom]]
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* January 2009: [[Microsoft vs. TomTom, 2008|Microsoft uses its FAT patents against TomTom]]
  
 
==In [[Europe]]==
 
==In [[Europe]]==

Revision as of 03:02, 13 September 2010

Microsoft has a number of patents on how to deal with filename in their commonly used FAT filesystem. These patents have been issued in the USA, Germany, and surely a long list of other countries.

In the USA

The FAT patents granted to Microsoft in the USA include:

Timeline

In Europe

The patents granted by the European Patent Office are:

  • EP0618550 - upheld in Germany, see below (equivalent to US5,758,352)
  •  ?

Upheld in Germany

(See: X ZR 27/07 (2010, April, Germany))

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