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| + | * [http://www.google.com/patents?id=cLAkAAAAEBAJ&dq=5,579,517 US5,579,517] | ||
| + | * [http://www.google.com/patents?id=bUohAAAAEBAJ&dq=5,758,352 US5,758,352] | ||
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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
* December 2003: MS starts threatening people[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/05/1070351761346.html] | * December 2003: MS starts threatening people[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/05/1070351761346.html] | ||
Revision as of 14:11, 12 August 2009
Microsoft has a number of patents on how to deal with filename in their commonly used FAT filesystem.
These include:
Timeline
- December 2003: MS starts threatening people[1]
- Rejected in September 2004[2] thanks to the work of PubPat[3] and others.
- Reinstated in January 2006: Microsoft's file system patent upheld
