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On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 23:30:13 -0500,
Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:57:12 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>> Microsoft slaps peripherals manufacturer with lawsuit
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>>| Microsoft filed a patent infringement claim against peripherals maker
>>| Belkin on Tuesday...
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>> http://news.com.com/2110-1041_3-6101024.html?part=rss&tag=6101024&subj=news
>>
>> Should Mozilla, Opera, Apple and many others go ahead and sue Microsoft for
>> imitation? Or antitrust? Microsoft is above the law, unless the law suits
>> it.
>
> This is interesting, since to my knowledge, this is the first time
> Microsoft has ever initiated a patent lawsuit. Note, however, that this is
> a hardware patent, not a software one. I won't be concerned unless they
> start initiating software patent litigation.
And in that event, you'd no doubt find some other reason to be
unconcerned...
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