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Microsoft sued TomTom in 2009 for patent infringement[1]. One aspect of the suit concerned infringement in the implementation of the FAT filesystem in TomTom's
by daxelrod 15y ago
Microsoft sued TomTom in 2009 for patent infringement[1]. One aspect of the suit concerned infringement in the implementation of the FAT filesystem in TomTom's Linux-based GPS navigation devices.
The two parties eventually settled[2].
[1] http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/microsoft-sues-tomtom-over-fat-patents-in-linux-based-device.ars http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/02/microsoft-sues...
[2] http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/microsoft-and-tomtom-settle-patent-dispute.ars http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2009/03/microsoft-and-...
- DisposaBoy 15y ago> One aspect of the suit concerned infringement in the implementation of the FAT filesystem in TomTom's Linux-based GPS navigation devices. Which had little to nothing to do with Linux, as it was over FAT not Linux.
- DisposaBoy 15y ago> One aspect of the suit concerned infringement in the implementation of the FAT filesystem in TomTom's Linux-based GPS navigation devices. Which had little to nothing to do with Linux, as it was over FAT not Linux.