Microsoft Is Sued For Patent Violation Over .NET

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 20, 2007 @09:12PM from the is-it-weird-to-root-for-the-megacorp-on-this-one dept.

randomErr writes "As reported by Info World, Microsoft was issued a cease and desist order on February 7 of this year by Vertical Computer Systems. The order was for patent infringement by the current implementations of the .NET framework. Both the .NET framework and Vertical Computer Systems' SiteFlash use XML to create component-based structures that are used to build and operate web sites. Vertical Computer Systems is requesting a full jury trial. If VCS prevails, .NET technology implementations as we know them may completely change and Microsoft would probably have to pay out a hefty sum."

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Re:Patents: From bad to worse. by trifish · 2007-04-26 07:47 · Score: 1, Troll

On the contrary. What you advise is a WILLFUL act. You know you can infringe but INTENTIONALLY choose not to verify you do.

If you do your best to make sure you're not infringing, you will be acting in good faith.

Ask any decent lawyer what "in good faith" means, and what WILLFUL ignorance of a possibility of infringiment means, and what consequences they have.