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Microsoft FAT Patent Rejected

Posted by michael on from the 8.3-for-you-and-me dept.

dkh2 writes "It's being reported other places as well but, there's a very nice story over at Groklaw about efforts by the Public Patent Foundation (PubPat) to get Microsoft's patent on FAT restricted or revoked. Bearing in mind that Microsoft still has right of appeal, The USPTO has rejected Microsofts FAT patent." Our earlier story reported on efforts to overturn this patent.

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  1. Comment removed by account_deleted · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Comment removed based on user account deletion

  2. Too bad for MS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    because if they had a patent on FAT in the US, they would make a killing (no pun intended) because people in the US just can't stop eating those Big Macs or quit drinking those Big Gulp's filled with Coke. Just imagine having to pay MS royalties to become obese. Oh the humanity!

  3. SP2 makes you look fat by aardwolf204 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Dear Windows,

    Service pack 2 makes you look fat.

    Love,
    Your Ex

    --
    Im dreaming ofa big bndwdth, That can resist the /.crowd.May ur days b merry & bright & may al
  4. Re:Excellent question being ignored by BasilBrush · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    When I had a sig critical of John Kerry, suddenly I was repeatedly modded down as "Overrated" and "Troll."

    Excellent. A right wing Microsoft apologist repeatedly gets modded down as overrated and troll, and doesn't get any mod points himself. Ever.

    The Slashdot mod system is working just right. :-)

  5. Mozilla rendering problem? by erroneus · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is probably going to be rated off-topic and inappropriate but where else should I send it?

    It seems I cannot get this page to render properly with anything Mozilla. I have MSIE and it works but I prefer not to use it.

    I have seen this rendering problem often enough on a variety of machines while viewing slashdot and often times refreshing will clear up the rendering problem but not this time.

    If this is a Mozilla bug, maybe someone from Mozilla will be made aware of it. If it's a Slashdot problem maybe it can be fixed. I know I can't be the only one as this problem is fairly consistant between Linux and Windows versions of Mozilla and Firefox.

  6. Re:Excellent question being ignored by rd_syringe · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is off-topic. But prove that I am:

    1.) "Right wing"
    2.) A "Microsoft apologist"

    For the record, I run Gentoo on my laptop, I prefer GNOME, and I voted for Nader in 2000. His name is on the ballot in my state so I'm voting for him again.

    Plonk! :)

  7. Uh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well, let's see. All you have to do is look here, here, or here to see the proof.

    Nice try, but you're full of crap.