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Microsoft FAT patents
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