EFF, Apache Side With Microsoft In i4i Patent Case

Posted by Soulskill on Friday October 1, 2010 @02:12PM 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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Damn hippies... by santax · 2010-10-01 14:17 · Score: 0, Troll

Don't get me wrong, I normally am on the EFF side of things, but if you write this: Today EFF, joined by Public Knowledge, the Computer & Communications Industry Association and the Apache Software Foundation, filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case in which Microsoft is trying to make it easier to invalidate an issued U.S. patent. Well... than you did not get it and you lack any connection to the real world. And despite this prob being a bit of 'fun'... rest assure, at MS they take this very serious.