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Microsoft FAT Patent Upheld

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fat-getting-fatter dept.

theodp writes "After initially rejecting Microsoft's File Allocation Table (FAT) patents, the USPTO has ruled them valid. From the article: 'Microsoft has won a debate where they were the only party allowed to speak, in that the patent re-examination process bars the public from rebutting arguments made by Microsoft, said unimpressed Public Patent Foundation President Dan Ravicher.'"

2 of 558 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Did you mean the Quintisons? by Too+many+errors,+bai · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Yep, that was the bit. "Spare me this mockery of justice!"

  2. A woman's perspective . . . by pariahdecss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    So my wife says to me, "Honey, do I look FAT in this filesystem ?"
    I replied, "Sweetie, I married you for your trust fund not your cluster size."

    Recycled from a previous incarnation/incantation . . .