See: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/16/1082055632035.html
The New York-based Public Patent Foundation has filed a formal request with the US Patent and Trademark Office to revoke Microsoft Corporation's patent on the FAT file system. In December last year, Microsoft said it would be charging a fee from those who use the FAT file system and offered to sell licences to those who wished to buy one. A patent for FAT was granted to its inventors on November 26, 1996. The PUBPAT said it had submitted previously unseen prior art showing that the patent, which was not due to expire until 2013, was obvious and, as such, should have never been granted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
