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Company Claims Patent Over XML

Posted by Zonk on from the such-a-headache dept.

Aviran Mordo writes "News.com reports that a small software developer plans to seek royalties from companies that use XML, the latest example of patent claims embroiling the tech industry. Charlotte, N.C-based Scientigo owns two patents (No. 5,842,213 and No. 6,393,426) covering the transfer of 'data in neutral forms.' These patents, one of which was applied for in 1997, are infringed upon by the data-formatting standard XML, Scientigo executives assert."

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  1. Re:Neutral? by CastrTroy · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The patent also explicitly states "non-hierarchical". And XML is definitely hierarchical in just about every way.

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