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Story: Microsoft accused of staking claim to the Internet
Posted by: Anonymous (Thursday 11 November 2004, 7:00 PM)
It is long past time that laws be enacted to deal with FUD. Some of these claims may even approach the legal definition of fraud. Can Microsoft be sued for "Slander of Title" (or something like it) for publically laying clain to IP but not declaring its legal rights? Or can estopple be used to prevent Microsoft from suiing someone who "violates" its IP rights when Microsoft did not properly identify them (by patent number). Microsofts license offer is a form of public disclosure of its IP claims yet it does not state the legal basis (patent numbers) for those claims. Should be able to safely ignore this type of claim? Should companies be allowed to cast doubt on the property rights of others by such vague and general references?
Something needs to be fixed/
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