German appeal court upholds Microsoft FAT patent (The H)

Posted Apr 23, 2010 18:32 UTC (Fri) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
Parent article: German appeal court upholds Microsoft FAT patent (The H)

Many Europeans seem to think that software patents are a purely American problem. This should disabuse them of that notion.

Posted Apr 23, 2010 21:36 UTC (Fri) by clugstj (subscriber, #4020) [Link]

Dude, I hope you have your asbestos underwear on!

Posted Apr 24, 2010 16:45 UTC (Sat) by fb (guest, #53265) [Link]

Software patents are AFAIK a reality in Europe for a while already: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/12/15/german_court_rule...