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Prior Art In Barracuda-Trend Micro Lawsuit

Posted by kdawson on from the who-you-callin-a-gateway dept.

Joe Barr writes "Bruce Byfield reports at Linux.com that a Swedish developer, Goran Fransson, has 'given a deposition in the Barracuda-Trend Micro case that appears to seriously undermine Trend Micro's patent on gateway virus scanning.' Gransson has resurrected a product (still in its shrinkwrap) sold by Ten Four, the company he worked for at the time, to prove that it provided gateway virus scanning in January 1995. Trend Micro's patent application was filed in September of that year. If you were — or worked for — a Ten Four customer during 1995, you might be able to help Barracuda prove that Trend Micro's patent omits prior art." We discussed this important patent case when it was filed in January. (Slashdot and Linux.com share a corporate overlord.)

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  1. Re:other prior art... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They do publish source. On that page, I found a link to the complete source of their Linux distribution.

  2. Usenet Tue, 25 Oct 1994 by NZheretic · · Score: 5, Informative

    Tue, 25 Oct 1994 INFO: MS-Mail UUCP: Includes details with SMTP and plugins for scanning documents