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Tuesday, November 01, 2005

Little guy makes noise about XML patents

A small company by the name of Scientigo claims that XML infringes upon two of its patents. The company's CEO claims that after meeting with 47 large software companies that utilize XML in their products, he's confident the patents will command royalties. It seems there are some substantial hurtles Scientigo will need to overcome in terms of prior art, but then again, many of us thought the Eolas patent would not be an issue for Microsoft either. The potential ramifications here are enormous, given XML's widespread use, and that includes our darling VoiceXML!

According to an article in today's Wall Street Journal, on Monday the Supreme Court declined to hear Microsoft's appeal on the Eolas patent lawsuit.

Read the article.


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