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EFF, Apache Side With Microsoft In i4i Patent Case

Posted by Soulskill on from the of-pots-and-kettles dept.

msmoriarty writes "Looks like Microsoft has gained some unlikely allies in its ongoing (and losing) i4i XML patent dispute: the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Apache Software Foundation. The reason? Microsoft has decided the strategy for its Supreme Court appeal will be to argue that the standards of proof in patent cases are too high — this from a company that has thousands of patents it regularly defends. The EFF explains in a blog post why it decided to file the 'friend of the court' brief on Microsoft's side."

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  1. EFF by Nerdfest · · Score: 4, Funny

    Electric Frontier Foundation. Man, you're old-school.

  2. Microsoft and EFF together? by Dexter+Herbivore · · Score: 2, Funny
    Human sacrifice, dogs and cats laying together, mass hysteria...

    It's the end of days!

  3. Careful with that brief, Eugene by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 3, Funny

    So is the EFF filing an amicus curiae or an amicus diabolus brief?

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    No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
  4. Re:The enemy of my enemy... by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    If the enemy of my enemy is Microsoft, maybe I was too harsh in the first place.

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    No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill