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Microsoft Sued Over Patent Infringements
« on: 16 December 2005, 19:57 »
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By MATTHEW FORDAHL, AP Technology Writer Fri Dec 16,10:12 AM ET

SAN JOSE, Calif. - Visto Corp., a maker of mobile e-mail technology, has sued Microsoft Corp. for allegedly infringing on three of its patents related to how information is handled between servers and handheld devices such as cellular phones.

The lawsuit, which seeks unspecified monetary damages and a permanent injunction to stop the infringement, was filed late Wednesday
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Re: Microsoft Sued Over Patent Infringements
« Reply #1 on: 16 December 2005, 20:59 »
LOL Microsoft have stolen so many ideas, pantents might be the end for MS - I really hope so.
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Re: Microsoft Sued Over Patent Infringements
« Reply #2 on: 17 December 2005, 05:24 »
Unfortunately, this smells more and more like SCO: The Empire Strikes Back.  I don't suppose that BlackBerry held "PRIOR ART" by any stretch of the imagination?
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Re: Microsoft Sued Over Patent Infringements
« Reply #3 on: 17 December 2005, 16:26 »
Just another day @ microsoft....
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Re: Microsoft Sued Over Patent Infringements
« Reply #4 on: 17 December 2005, 18:14 »
I hope the whole thing falls through and Visto gets fucked. If they win, it's just another nail in the coffin of the patent.
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Re: Microsoft Sued Over Patent Infringements
« Reply #5 on: 17 December 2005, 20:13 »
See, Bill?  This is the messed up patent software system you keep pushing the EU to adopt.
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Re: Microsoft Sued Over Patent Infringements
« Reply #6 on: 18 December 2005, 03:35 »
Since nobody else will...

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Re: Microsoft Sued Over Patent Infringements
« Reply #7 on: 19 December 2005, 23:20 »
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See, Bill?  This is the messed up patent software system you keep pushing the EU to adopt.

Yep exactly.
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