The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Microsoft, refusing to hear the software company’s request that its liability in a patent-infringement case be limited to domestic sales of its web browser.
The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Microsoft, refusing to hear the software company’s request that its liability in a patent-infringement case be limited to domestic sales of its web browser.
i thought i was looking o firefox 2.0 preview …
Miscrosoft inovate so much … damm they are really good …
As Nelson would say, “Ha ha!”.
As someone who despises MS’s businness practices this is still bad news, since it furthers legal support for software patents.
As an EU/Canadian citizen it is equally bad news as yet another example of the US pushing the extra-territorial application of its flawed legal system.
I guess the bright side is that this shows once again how software patents, when implemented badly, harm innovation, not only for small and opensource businesses, but also for the big players.
Let’s hope Europe is listening.
of its flawed legal system
How so? Seems like our legal system works quite well.
I wouldn’t say its a “Legal System” problem but more a patient system problem. You can patient too many “Silly” things.
Damn right, my patience has run out!
How so? Seems like our legal system works quite well.
In the US you have the best Justice money can buy.
HUH?!!! this is different from EU countries being able to prosecute anyone for any crime commited anywhere.
Go look at Belgium’s universal jurisdication law. I guess since it is the EU, its ok.
Haven’t you figured it out yet? The “popular” thing to do among the socialist over in EU is to bash the United States every chance they get. It makes them feel bigger than they really are.
yes your right EU is a bad place .. USA is just perfect….. get a grip
The bashing that I’m referring to is unfounded. Take a look at the posts here. You’ll see direct attacks on the entire US legal system, rather than the patent office. Looks like I’m not the one that has lost the grip on reality, but those that hijacked this thread to do nothing more than to attack something off subject.
Well, I’m not a socialist. I’m a danish libertarian and as well as the US libertarians do, I consider the US Patent System to be completely broken.
However, I do believe you’re right about european socialists bashing USA whenever they can. Occasionally there’s even a good reason for it (but usually not).
Yeah only 450 Million of us in the Union and another 200 million lined up to join, we sure are a tiny place. Wait until russia joins and we can drive from sea to shining sea..
you know i remember the time Hitler said something similar.
Well, let’s see. Their combined population is larger than ours. Their buying power is much larger than ours. Their interest in being pawns of an increasingly unusual patent system is, however, much smaller than ours, so I guess you’re right.
to obtain a judgement that Firefox isn’t infringing. My understanding is that when you sue someone, you get to choose the locale for the court battle. Also Microsoft is an inviting target, removing them from the picture would help focus on the validity of Eolas’ patent and eliminate any suspicions that “Microsoft wants to lose this case.”
Paul G
Microsoft contends the Eolas patent is invalid because the technology had already been developed and showcased in a May 1993 demonstration by another inventor, Pei-Yuan Wei.
Isn’t this arguement a double edge sword? If MS said that Eolas patent is invalid, that means the patent they are going for is invalid too.
Enough of these and Microsoft will be in favor of getting rid of software patents
I thought they already were?
Well, not exactly. MS is only against software patents that prevents MS to use a certain technology. MS likes the patents that prevents FOSS from using certain technologies.
Several MS patents has been stolen from earlier OS’es and even FOSS-products. Like the taskbar-button-grouping patent MS has.
“The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from Microsoft, refusing to hear the software company’s request”
LOL, I love it! Thanks, OSNEWS! I love news stories like this. What a wonderful news story!
Everyone should refuse to listen to MS.
Where do you want to blue screen today?
the US SC declines to hear most cases. This case has not been lost by Microsoft yet, it is going back to where it was before.
Yeah! This is a boot to the head for Microsoft. I hate those monopolistic bastards!
For the europeans here read this:
http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=676
and then go here:
http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/en/m/ev50/index.html
Summary:
FREE AND OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE LUMINARIES
CALL ON WORLDWIDE COMMUNITY
TO VOTE AGAINST SOFTWARE PATENTS
IN THE “EUROPEAN OF THE YEAR 2005” INTERNET POLL
Richard Stallman, Tim O’Reilly, Alan Cox, Rasmus Lerdorf and Monty Widenius endorse Florian Mueller’s candidacy
“because he runs on a NoSoftwarePatents ticket,
and that is the message we want to reinforce”
What does this company make ? Oh thats right absolutely nothing. They exist only to extort money and thats a fact.
i poop on xboxes