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==Timeline== | ==Timeline== | ||
| − | * December 2003: MS starts threatening people | + | * December 2003: MS starts threatening people<ref>http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/12/05/1070351761346.html</ref> |
| − | * September 2004: The '517 patent is rejected | + | * 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 | + | * 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]] | * January 2009: [[Microsoft vs. TomTom, 2008|Microsoft uses it's FAT patents against TomTom]] | ||
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* [[Microsoft]] | * [[Microsoft]] | ||
* [[Microsoft vs. TomTom]] - where MS forced TomTom to pay for patents, seemingly including their FAT patents | * [[Microsoft vs. TomTom]] - where MS forced TomTom to pay for patents, seemingly including their FAT patents | ||
| − | * [[Litigation | + | * [[Litigation]] |
| + | * [[Example software patents]] | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 05:06, 14 February 2010
Microsoft has a number of patents on how to deal with filename in their commonly used FAT filesystem.
These include:
- US5,579,517 "The '517 patent"
- US5,758,352
Timeline
- December 2003: MS starts threatening people[1]
- September 2004: The '517 patent is rejected[2] thanks to the work of PubPat[3] and others.
- January 2006: The '517 patent is reinstated[4]
- January 2009: Microsoft uses it's FAT patents against TomTom
Related pages on ESP Wiki
- Microsoft
- Microsoft vs. TomTom - where MS forced TomTom to pay for patents, seemingly including their FAT patents
- Litigation
- Example software patents
External links
- PubPat: Microsoft FAT Patent (page out of date)
- Groklaw report on A patch to remove VFAT filename conversion from the Linux kernel,
- Microsoft's IP chief on TomTom, Linux and patents, techflash, Feb 2009
