Re: [News] Microsoft Eats Own Poison, Sued for Patent Infringement Again
Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
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Microsoft's stolen code and IP infringements
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In all of these, why haven't the IP holders sued any of MS's customers;
afterall, MS has [trumpetedly] claimed that Linux vendors give no
indemnification, so the conclusion would be that MS /DOES/, and expects that
IP holders /WOULD/ [sue].
Microsoft indemnifies it's customers. They can't sue the end users,
otherwise they're just sueing microsoft anyways.
There's the rub...instead of one nice case against a big company, lot of
cases against small companies - who knows, they might just even pay up
without even going to court and risking losing larger amounts (in costs, etc)...
Or is it just MS who would sink to such low tactics as to sue the end users
who purchased the goods in good faith, not the suppliers who nicked the IP
in the first place?
Microsoft has not said they would sue anyone. It's pure FUD to say
otherwise.
Who said they would...just their implication is that they could and might -
afterall, what was the Novell-MS deal all about? Didn't MS promise not to
sue IP infringing Linux customers /of Novell/, but no comment was made as to
the non-suing of people who were Linux customers not of Novell - the
implication being that MS might just sue you for IP infringement?
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