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Posted by: Bill Landon on Sun, Aug 24, 2003 Provided by: FreeTranslation.com |
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| Judge Says All Handhelds May Infringe on Patent |
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This is so petulant that I can’t describe my indignation; here is a blurb from Brighthand:
A federal judge has ruled that a patent held by E-Pass Technologies covers more than just credit card-sized handhelds, which brings new life to patent-infringement lawsuits the company has filed against Palm, Microsoft, and Hewlett-Packard. In 1994, Hartmut Hennige, E-Pass' founder, was granted a patent for a multifunction, credit card-sized computer that allows users to securely store account numbers, PIN codes, access information, and other data from multiple credit cards, check cards, identification cards, and similar personal documents. In 2000, E-Pass filed a lawsuit against 3COM, who was then the maker of Palm handhelds, on the grounds that its handhelds infringed E-Pass' patent. It filed a similar lawsuit against Microsoft and Compaq in 2002. According to E-Pass, Microsoft had attempted to buy the rights to the patent for $10 million, but E-Pass refused. Rather than raise the price, E-Pass claims Microsoft decided to ignore the patent. Click to read the rest: http://www.brighthand.com/ |
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