Windows 7 Under Fire For Patent Infringement

eldavojohn writes "A patent issued in 2003 called 'Method and system for demultiplexing a first sequence of packet components to identify specific components wherein subsequent components are processed without re-identifying components' is now owned by Implicit Networks, who has recently claimed Windows 7 infringes upon it with its Filtering Platform. This is used in Vista, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Implicit is seeking a jury trial and damages. A shocking turn of events; you actually want to cheer for Microsoft this time as Implicit is nothing more than a patent licensing company (troll) and has done battle with Sun, AMD, Intel and NVIDIA."

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cheers

[Tom]

you actually want to cheer for Microsoft this time

Please don't tell me what I want to do. Thank you.

Some people deserve what they get, even if I wouldn't wish it on anyone else. Patent trolls are abominations, but so is Microsoft, and which of them is the worse one is strictly a judgement call.

I'll start cheering for Microsoft...

[pem]

when they:

• Stop using patents as offensive weapons
• Stop using "standards" as offensive weapons
• Stop throwing chairs at the competition

Re:And yet there are still software patents.

[ZosX]

I live and breathe patents every day, and I really don't think the system is as broken as its reputation. That's not to say there are no bad patents. I have personally defended several clients against patents that were almost certainly invalid, and that the clients almost certainly didn't infringe even if they were valid. I have been involved in some classic "patent troll" cases, and I think it's terrible that it's happened.

And yet you took their money anyways. It is true. Lawyers are evil.