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These include:
 
These include:
* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=cLAkAAAAEBAJ&dq=5,579,517 US5,579,517]
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* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=cLAkAAAAEBAJ&dq=5,579,517 US5,579,517] "The '517 patent"
 
* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=bUohAAAAEBAJ&dq=5,758,352 US5,758,352]
 
* [http://www.google.com/patents?id=bUohAAAAEBAJ&dq=5,758,352 US5,758,352]
  
 
==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]
* Rejected in September 2004[http://www.pubpat.org/assets/files/MicrosoftFAT/Reynolds_517_Rejected_040916.PDF] thanks to the work of PubPat[http://www.pubpat.org/Microsoft_517_Rejected.htm] and others.
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* September 2004: The '517 patent is rejected[http://www.pubpat.org/assets/files/MicrosoftFAT/Reynolds_517_Rejected_040916.PDF] thanks to the work of PubPat[http://www.pubpat.org/Microsoft_517_Rejected.htm] and others.
* Reinstated in January 2006: [http://news.cnet.com/Microsofts-file-system-patent-upheld/2100-1012_3-6025447.html Microsoft's file system patent upheld]
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* January 2006: The '517 patent is reinstated[http://news.cnet.com/Microsofts-file-system-patent-upheld/2100-1012_3-6025447.html]
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* January 2009: [[Microsoft vs. TomTom, 2008|Microsoft uses it's FAT patents against TomTom]]
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
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** [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/31491/ the LKML thread]
 
** [http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/31491/ the LKML thread]
 
** [http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/26/314 A related FAQ produced by Andrew Tridgell and Linux Foundation]
 
** [http://lkml.org/lkml/2009/6/26/314 A related FAQ produced by Andrew Tridgell and Linux Foundation]
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==References==
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[[Category:Example software patents]]
 
[[Category:Example software patents]]
 
[[Category:Microsoft]]
 
[[Category:Microsoft]]

Revision as of 14:25, 12 August 2009

Microsoft has a number of patents on how to deal with filename in their commonly used FAT filesystem.

These include:

Timeline

See also

External links

References