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Microsoft, Apple Sued Over Software Update Patent

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stupid-patent-hurt-the-big-guy-too dept.

mark_wilkins writes "Microsoft and Apple have been sued by Teleshuttle Technologies, LLC, alleging that their online software updating technology infringes a patent on providing online updates to software with a menuing system to permit the user to pick the updates. Apparently the work on which the patent is based supposedly goes back to 1990."

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  1. Since Apple writes bug free software... by callipygian-showsyst · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Since (according to conventional wisdom here on /.) Apple writes bug free software, why would they need an on-line update service at all?

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