賀! M$升請FAT專利槓龜!!
 

美國專利局幹的好呀!!
廠商在產品既成標準後再來搞專利收費的手法慢慢行不通了.

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18790
US Patent Office rejects Microsoft's FAT patents

FAT cash? FAT chance!


By INQUIRER staff: Thursday 30 September 2004, 14:48

THE PATENT Microsoft attempted to file giving it control over the FAT file system has been rejected by the US Patent Office.
While Microsoft can appeal for the Patent Office to consider it again, objections could quite conceivably cause it to be ruled invalid, once more.

Microsoft had claimed rights to the FAT file system back to 1976 and wanted to start charge manufacturers of flash devices and memory stick for the privilege of using the file format.

It had wanted a quarter per device, or $250,000 per company that used the file system.

According to the Public Patent Foundation, however, the Office has confirmed that the Microsoft patent is bogus. The Patents Office rejected the proposed applications for several reasons, including the fact that some of its grounds for applying were unpatentable.

What's more interesting is that some manufacturers may have accepted Microsoft's claims and taken out licences on the patent.

Pubpat has published the PDF on its web site, here.

http://www.pubpat.org/Reynolds_517_OA_09162004.PDF

跟ie瀏覽器的情形有點像, 把w3c的標準丟一邊，自個兒創一套標準。讓其它瀏覽器淘汰後再收錢
的話，我想徵軟又能大賺一筆了 T_T

FAT也沒什麼人在用了吧....限制太多

"Microsoft had claimed rights to the FAT file system back to 1976 and wanted to start charge manufacturers of flash devices and memory stick for the privilege of using the file format."

:rolleyes:

FAT 檔案系統很原始也很簡單
對於可攜式儲存裝置算是滿有利的

看不懂 :jolin: 我英文太濫ㄌ :stupefy: 請大大翻譯一下 :ase

你以前在路邊吃的免費流水席,
現在要請你出錢,


意思就是這樣了.

她的意思是說很多USB Storage是用FAT格式，
如果MS有FAT專利的話就可以向這些廠商收錢 :p

M$將FAT的權利追溯至1976年並且有意向快閃記憶體裝置(Flash)及Memory Stick廠商收取權利金.

然後根據羊毛出在羊身上的原理, 這些廠商再把費用轉嫁到售價上, 消費者還是要吃虧.