[Gllug] FAT patent

[Ben Fitzgerald]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 02:26:39PM +0000, Rob Crowther wrote:
> Chris Bell wrote:
> >Hello,
> >   I have just seen an (unconfirmed) report that the US Patent Office has
> >awarded Microsoft patent rights over its File Allocation Table
> >
> It was awarded in 1996, it was rejected after appeal in 2004:
> 
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/30/microsoft_fat_patent_rejected/

the this happened!

http://news.com.com/Microsofts+file+system+patent+upheld/2100-1012_3-6025447.html

ben.

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