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Germany Rejects Microsoft FAT Patent

Posted by kdawson on from the skinny-on-inventiveness dept.

Askmum writes in with news that a German patent court has ruled Microsoft's patent on FAT invalid in that country, finding that it is "not based on inventive activity." Just one of 6,000-odd patents Microsoft has amassed since a 1991 memo from Bill Gates turned around the company's attitude to patents.

2 of 162 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sorry but, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    now what's this? a dig at an "yo filesystem so FAT, it got rejected by germany"? weak. just weak.

  2. FAT Patent? by TheVelvetFlamebait · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought it was only slightly chubby...

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    You know, there is a difference between trolling and pointing out the flaws in your reasoning. Just saying.