FOSS is the Winner
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| Fettoosh May 01, 2012 11:45 PM EDT |
By MS not being able to assert their patents against some FOSS software made them very weak and pretty much invalid. By B&N standing up to MS and forcing it to settle out of court for $300 millions is a good win for them. It will also set precedence for others, especially Google. I wonder how the lawsuit against Motorola is going and what kind of impact this settlement will have on it. |
| BernardSwiss May 02, 2012 12:07 AM EDT |
The Business.financial press seems (for the most part) to be buying into the spin that B&N acknowledged (and is paying) Microsoft's Linux/Android related patent license fees (a "royalty-bearing license" in the B&N statement). |
| gus3 May 02, 2012 6:28 AM EDT |
A lawsuit, settled and withdrawn, sets no precedent. The legal questions are still unanswered. |
| tracyanne May 02, 2012 8:42 AM EDT |
That suggest rather strongly, that Microsoft did not believe they could win. |
| Fettoosh May 02, 2012 8:50 AM EDT |
Quoting:sets no precedent. The legal questions are still unanswered. I didn't say "legal Precedence" and it sure does set a precedence for others to stand up to MS and at least make a good amount of cash from MS for a similar deal. |
| Bob_Robertson May 02, 2012 9:17 AM EDT |
Indeed, TA, that payment looks to me like microsoft saying, "please don't go after our Andriod extortion racket". |
| Fettoosh May 02, 2012 9:39 AM EDT |
Quoting:The Business.financial press seems (for the most part) to be buying into the spin that B&N acknowledged (and is paying) Microsoft's ... To me it seems more like The Business.financial press were bought to spin it ... |
| dinotrac May 02, 2012 12:11 PM EDT |
@gus3 -- There is more to the world than legal precedent. Truth be told, the most recent legal precedents suggest that software patents are on shaky ground in the US. This is about the ability to blow up like a pufferfish and scare people into submission. Being forced to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars when you claim that others owe you? Not bad for whittling your threat down to size. |
| jdixon May 02, 2012 12:17 PM EDT |
> Being forced to pay out hundreds of millions of dollars when you claim that others owe you? Not bad for whittling your threat down to size. Bingo. Microsoft's threats have been shown to be far less credible than was expected. This will only embolden others to stand up to them. |
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