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Open Invention Network seeks prior art to burn FAT patents – Ars Technica
“Alongside efforts to invalidate the patents, some Linux supporters are also using this as an opportunity to encourage the technology industry to abandon Microsoft’s filesystem. Linux Foundation executive director Jim Zemlin says that FAT is easy to replace and that the Linux Foundation is available to coordinate a technical effort to assist with the removal of FAT from products.”
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OIN spearheads review of Microsoft FAT patents | Open Source | ZDNet.com
“OIN announced today that three patents in the lawsuit — including those the deal with the creation of long and short file names — have been named for prior art review on the Post-Issue Peer-to-Patent website linked to the Linux Defenders portal. The Peer-to-Patent is an initiative by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) that opens the patent examination process to public participation, according to Linux Defenders.”
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