Morning
This one was forwarded to me by a colleague:
"Anti-virus firm Trend Micro is suing Barracuda Networks over their use of
the open source anti-virus product ClamAV. The issue is Trend Micro's patent
on 'anti-virus detection on an SMTP or FTP gateway'. Companies like Symantec
and McAfee are already paying licensing fees to Trend Micro."
Just in case you missed it on Slashdot:
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/29/1313206
The patent:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/5623600.html
Something so generic it ought not, but is being claimed as the IP of a
corporation. This example is particularly clear, in as much as it is easy
to see where the IP, the patent, has been granted without long term
consideration of it's use, IMU'mbleO.
Damian
www.interlinux.co.uk
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