[WSIS CS-Plenary] IETF, Microsoft, IPv6 and patents

[Bill McIver]

 From slashdot ...

*Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday March 23, @08:09PM*
*from the they-don't-own-it-yet dept.*
sebFlyte <http://slashdot.org/%7EsebFlyte> writes /"In what is described 
as yet another example of how patents can kill or inhibit standards 
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39192452,00.htm>, a patent 
has come to light that was granted to Microsoft in the year 2000 that 
looks surprisingly similar to IPv6 (the next-gen IP standard that is 
starting, slowly, to be taken up in some parts of the world). And 
several Microsoft engineers, named on the patent 
<http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6101499.html> just happenned to be 
part of the IPv6 group for the IETF..."


It refers to a ZDNet article at 
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39192452,00.htm




WJM  
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