Linked by Jordan Spencer Cunningham on Tue 6th Oct 2009 21:43 UTC, submitted by Moulinneuf
The patent wars rage on. Eolas, a company that before won US$585 million from Microsoft in 2003 in a suit that challenged the use of ActiveX and AJAX, is now after twenty-three separate companies allegedly because their precious patent was spoiled by all of them.
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You are correct that Trademarks hold the same; as do copyrights. Though the terms vary for each.
In all cases the clock starts at the time the 'owner' becomes aware of the infringement (copyright/patent) or unapproved use (Trademark).
You're going to have to provide a ref or two on a "time limit" for patents. I've not seen one single patent case tossed because they went beyond some "time limit". I've never evn HEARD of such a thing. I have heard the opposite: no time limits beyond the length of the patent itself.