Category Archives: Patents

TRS-DOS as possible prior art for MS patent on exFAT, and reference request

Posted on September 16, 2012 by Eric

Microsoft introduced a new “exFAT” file system a few years ago, and I wouldn’t care about it in the least, except that it is now the official filesystem for SD-XC cards.  I only care about that in that digital cameras … Continue reading →

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Patently Absurd

Posted on September 4, 2005 by Eric

If you thought shrink-wrap software licenses were bad, now the Ninth Circuit has upheld “box-wrap” patent licenses. When Lexmark sells you a printer cartridge, the box is labelled “single use only”, and the court has decided that when you open … Continue reading →

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