What’s what with Microsoft’s patent claims, and a modest suggestion on how to avoid all this patent nonsense now, and in the future: Get the FAT out!
At first glance, Microsoft suing TomTom, the navigation device manufacturer, for patent violations, appeared to be patent business as usual. A closer look at the Microsoft/TomTom lawsuit (PDF Link) showed that three of Microsoft’s eight patents don’t concern navigation systems, but file system usage within TomTom’s Linux-powered devices.
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Uncategorized March 2nd 2009