Justices Question Microsoft's Vision of Patent Law

angry tapir writes "US Supreme Court justices on Monday questioned whether they should side with Microsoft and weaken the legal standard needed to invalidate a patent, with some justices suggesting there are alternatives to changing established law. The issue arose as part of the case involving Redmond and i4i."

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Re:I'm confused

[clang_jangle]

I think the idea is "they released it without protection and after it had been on the market available for copying and/or reverse-engineering then they screwed us by seeking a patent".

... and Microsoft will pay for its own success

[Taco Cowboy]

While M$ may prevail in this case, the case itself ironically can be used to invalid many of M$'s own patents.

Don't cry foul when what you wish for come back to take a big bite at your ass, Micro$oft !

Re:... and Microsoft will pay for its own success

[somersault]

You could just move to one of the many sane countries that doesn't recognise software patents.