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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.

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  1. Prior Art by Picass0 · · Score: -1, Troll


    Germany had many FAT people before Microsoft sought the patent.

    They are, after all, the Land of Chocolate.

    MMmmmm... The Land of Chocolate...

  2. Re:Ya gotta fight fire with fire by Gothmolly · · Score: -1, Troll

    MS is still a bunch of douchebags for playing in the broken system though.

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  3. Welp...time to... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...pull all Windows licenses from those Krauts' systems then start suing them.