Robert P. J. Day wrote:
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006, Roger Heflin wrote:
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Subject: Ouch!
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/11/microsoft_wins_patent_case/
Looks like fat support may have to be slimmed down :-(
The patent is only the one for longer file names on FAT filesystems.
It is not a patent for FAT in general.
um ... so the concept of supporting longer filenames qualifies as
"novel and non-obvious?" really?
To a judge, yes. Maybe the judge thought the patent covered storing
filenames on someone's body fat. That would bring a new meaning to
*flash* drives ;)
