Comment What if they ignore it? (Score 2, Insightful) 392
So what happens if Microsoft doesn't bother arguing with the Patent right now?
Lets suppose they want to do software license enforcement with Palladium, in the future.
Even if they let the patent go through and don't fight it now. They have enough lawyers to get the Patent overturned later when it "doesn't suit their interest".
Sure it'd be more expensive then just fighting it now, but I'm sure they've got prior art sitting on a SourceSafe server in Redmond somewhere.
Lets suppose they want to do software license enforcement with Palladium, in the future.
Even if they let the patent go through and don't fight it now. They have enough lawyers to get the Patent overturned later when it "doesn't suit their interest".
Sure it'd be more expensive then just fighting it now, but I'm sure they've got prior art sitting on a SourceSafe server in Redmond somewhere.
