Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 26th Dec 2008 20:00 UTC
Law and Order Large multinational software companies like Apple, Microsoft, and Google, rarely - if ever - initiate patent infringement lawsuits against other software companies, probably because they themselves infringe on lots of patents too. However, they do get sued themselves by smaller companies. Even though the Christian part of the world is all about forgiveness and love and pink ponies during the holidays (or, at least, they ought to be), Apple, Google, and Microsoft have been struck by a patent infringement lawsuit started by Cygnus Systems.
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RE[3]: Can you say...
by tomcat on Sun 28th Dec 2008 06:11 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: Can you say..."
tomcat
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2006-01-06

I'll take your word for it. I think the longest I have ever seen was 1 1/2 years.


It also depends on whether the patent is challenged during the RFC phase.

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