On Sun, 2010-10-10 at 12:20 +0200, Fabrizio Giudici wrote: > On 10/10/10 10:55 , Henning Hoefer wrote: > > Note that the article linked in Fabrizios posting is from 2004. Did > > Microsoft actually sue anyone over this patent in the last 6 years? > But this is not relevant. I mean, it's clear that this kind of patent is > not filed because Microsoft doesn't want that other IDEs manage 'TODO'. > It's just a weapon for a patent war triggered by another goal.
I suspect it is relevant. If there are doubts about whether a patent remains enforceable it looses its power as a weapon in the cross-licencing game. Having waited 6 years and not enforced its patent on what appear to be obvious violations, courts may deem the patent waived, which makes it unusable in the patent game. But then I am not a lawyer. -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:[email protected] 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder
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