● 07.31.08

●● Microsoft Starts Suing Companies Over Patents

Posted in Courtroom, Free/Libre Software, GNU/Linux, Hardware, Microsoft, Patents at 3:23 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Defensive schmifensive

Microsoft has found itself under more financial stress than ever before in recent years [1, 2]. Licensing company appears to be its vocation, just as some experts already predict. The following news is supporting evidence of this.

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Microsoft said it has filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission after failing to be able to negotiate a licensing deal with Primax Electronics. In the complaint, Microsoft is seeking an order barring Primax from importing infringing products into the United States.

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This is significant. It’s quite a new thing for Microsoft to attack smaller companies using its questionable intellectual monopolies. Mr. Bishop has some more details.

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Microsoft also is expected to file suit in U.S. District Court, seeking damages.

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The next time Microsoft sheds crocodile tears, claiming it is the biggest victim of patents, bring up this development. Microsoft is among the attackers and it’s clearly a part of this problem. It’s aggressive enough to go as far as an embargo. This is a monopolistic embargo and by no means the same as a reactionary embargo to crime and abuse. █

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