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InterTrust Expands Patent Infringement Suit Against Microsoft to Include Windows File Protection | |
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| Time: 10:04 EST/15:04 GMT | News Source: Press Release | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
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InterTrust Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ITRU - news) announced today that it is charging that Windows File Protection technology -- broadly used and deployed by Microsoft in Windows XP and Windows 2000 -- infringes InterTrust's United States Patent No. 5,892,900 ('900). Microsoft's Windows File Protection (WFP) is believed to perform important functions that protect the reliability of operating system functions. WFP, for example, detects and corrects potential damage to the operating system caused by non-system software. In a separate lawsuit filed last month, InterTrust charged Microsoft's ``Plug and Play'' Driver Certification Program with unlawful use of InterTrust's patented certification technology. Further, InterTrust charged Microsoft, under a lawsuit filed in April 2001, with infringing seven other InterTrust patents and many patent claims. | ||
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| #1 By 2459 (66.25.124.8) at 3/13/2002 3:19:34 PM |
| http://www.uspto.gov |
| #2 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 3/13/2002 5:34:26 PM |
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Don't forget the mythical DRM OS! If MS can patent that without building it, InterTrust can certainly patent DRM.
;-) |
| #3 By 1295 (63.27.16.179) at 3/14/2002 9:29:26 AM |
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#5 Your commment makes me sick...
Driver Signing doesn't "(tell) you what drivers you can/can't use". It simply says that these drivers have not been verified. You can use whatever you damn well please and the OS will only give you a warning. As far as WFP. " I wish I could turn it off! I want to replace Notepad" Cry Cry Cry. If you were such an "advanced" user as to need a more advanced notepad I would expect you to be able to hold down shift when you right click on a txt file and choose open with and remember to check the box that says from now on or whatever. If you don't want to use notepad just put in an xNotePad.exe into your system32... you can hit it from the run still with a simple extra key and please god learn how to associate extensions with a program before acting like some sort of guru. BTW. I don't know enough about this case to comment... it sounds as though InterTrust does have its reasons... none of which are listed in #5's comment. This post was edited by Mr.Humpty on Thursday, March 14, 2002 at 09:30. |
| #4 By 135 (209.180.28.6) at 3/14/2002 3:51:19 PM |
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If you go look up the patent, it appears as though they have patented the use of PKI for digital authentication for use of electronic transactions on the internet. Or well basically what Verisign has been selling for 10 years, but Intertrust didn't patent it until '96.
#4 - You don't have to enforce your patent to hold ownership, that is Trademark's... totally different thing. This is a case of a company patenting something obvious so as to profit from it. How they are applying it to Windows File Protection is confusing. #5 - You can turn it off. But I'm not going to tell you how to do it. If you can't figure out how to get around it, you probably should not be trying. |
| #5 By 3339 (65.198.47.10) at 3/14/2002 4:20:49 PM |
| InterTrust actually holds many patents relating to copy protection and digital rights management, almost all of them dating back to '96--which is still at least 4 years before MS began securing wmf, which is what first sparked this suit. |
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