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Cornell University Sues Hewlett Packard

Posted by timothy on from the you-might-too-for-$100-million dept.

bmc writes: "Haven't seen this on any of the big news sites, but the local paper is reporting that Cornell is suing HP for patent infringement. The alleged infringement covers HP processors manufactured from 1995 to the present. How common is it for big universities to get involved in lawsuits like this?"

2 of 239 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Forcing open Trade Secrets by Yakman · · Score: 2, Funny
    How do we know that microsoft isn't violating someone's copyright if we never see their source code!

    Come on, man! If Microsoft were using other people's code that they weren't entitled to they'd tell us. Don't you trust Bill Gates or something? I mean, look at the guy's track record!

    On another note, you CAN obtain the WinXP kernel sources, they're at www.kernel.org under the name "linux-2.4.x".

  2. Re:Raising Money by flacco · · Score: 3, Funny

    "I must, and yet I cannot. How do you calculate that? Where do 'must' and 'cannot' meet on the graph?"

    At the liquor store.

    --
    pr0n - keeping monitor glass spotless since 1981.