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Does Java Patents Case Affect Microsoft Too?

Hewlett-Packard, IBM, and Microsoft are all licensees of the same patents that Kodak is successfully suing Sun Microsystems for infringing, the Eastman Kodak Co. revealed yesterday.

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#7	David commented on the 13 Oct 2004 MSFT isn't worried because they already license the patents. Kodak is just doing what the broken patent system demands that they do. Finally, Sun "only" had to pay $92M for the rights, not the billion initially mentioned.
#6	Carl commented on the 13 Oct 2004 This is ridiculous,unfair and unethical... patenting OOP concepts and then charging royalties, the courts should not have allowed this, its seting a bad prescedent, KODAK sucks, MICROSOFT SUCKS BIG TIME, BTW why do .NET developers not have to worry about law suits being filed, do they not use OOP concepts in .NET (which wouldnt surprise me ;)
#5	JESUS commented on the 13 Oct 2004 It's something like if I patent the way the cars advance with four tires. The patents owned by Kodak are universal concepts of OOP.
#4	Renrew commented on the 13 Oct 2004 It certainly reflects poorly on PTO to assign patents for concepts that have for long been part of the educational package in operating systems, concurrent systems and real-time systems. Just look for instance at the work of C.A.R. Hoare in the mid 70's (CSP, ...)
#3	Nigel commented on the 13 Oct 2004 I like the fact Sun have been got but I dont think such fundamental concepts should be patentable in the first place.
#2	Randy commented on the 13 Oct 2004 It's about time Sun gets a taste of there own medicine. They been chasing Microsoft around with silly lawsuits for years. Good for you Kodak!
#1	Mehdi commented on the 13 Oct 2004 Common, this is silly. Kodak, the dying company wants to make a lot of money of something it never knew they owned! Please correct me people but isn't this unfair?

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