I would bet that DEC has patents in that area for work they developed for
VaxClusters
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From: Mike Wick [mailto:xxxxx@spursuits.com]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 6:54 PM
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] Re: LEGATO v. NSI
The Legato patent is dated June 1995. Does anybody know of any prior art
with regards to file systems filter drivers that replicate blocks,
irrespective of operating system (since the patent doesn’t specify it)?
-Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Jamey Kirby [mailto:xxxxx@storagecraft.com]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:17 PM
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] Re: LEGATO v. NSI
This only protects you if someone else tries to patent the idea; you can
prove prior art, but that is worthless. It does not give you any rights of a
patent holder.
Jamey
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[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Kreitman
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 3:06 PM
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] Re: LEGATO v. NSI
Patents are date of discovery. What does a notebook and a trip down to your
local notary to get the pages stamped with the date cost?
-----Original Message-----
From: Jamey Kirby [mailto:xxxxx@storagecraft.com]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 5:38 PM
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] Re: LEGATO v. NSI
And 20 or 30 grand extra lying around.
-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Kreitman
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 2:10 PM
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] Re: LEGATO v. NSI
You guys have it backwards. What you want to do is come up with something
original, patent it, and hope some big rich company infringes on you.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jamey Kirby [mailto:xxxxx@storagecraft.com]
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 4:39 PM
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] Re: LEGATO v. NSI
The boycott to make change has to start somewhere. It is not going to be
with the lawyers.
Jamey
-----Original Message-----
From: xxxxx@lists.osr.com
[mailto:xxxxx@lists.osr.com] On Behalf Of David J. Craig
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 1:29 PM
To: File Systems Developers
Subject: [ntfsd] Re: LEGATO v. NSI
That is why shysters get $400 to $1000 per hour. Even with that, it is
probably cheaper to pay one of them to answer your questions before you
spend tens of thousands of dollars in development costs. Even if it is only
a one person development, you will loose any income that could have been
gained pursuing something that can be sold or a contract that pays.
P.S. Can the html.
“Mike Wick” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntfsd…
> This is not a technical question but it has implications on technical
> work I’ve been doing on a file systems filter driver. I was hoping to
> get feedback regarding the lawsuit filed by LEGATO against NSI. Does
> LEGATO have a case? Will this mean no one can write a commercial file
> systems filter driver that replicates?
http://www.cnet.com/investor/news/newsitem/0-9900-1028-21214480-0.html
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