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March 28, 2008
Bum Trip
In
an apparent non-sequitur, Avistar
Communications is blaming
Microsoft for its woes
in having to slash its workforce by 25%. Avistar had hoped to license its
patent portfolio to Microsoft. Ever the jester, Microsoft's response was to
hoist a USPTO reexamination petard on all 29 of Avistar's patents. Supposedly,
the PTO will only take up a reexam request given persuasive invalidity evidence.
Avistar mewed it "remains hopeful of reaching a favorable resolution with
Microsoft on licensing Avistar's intellectual property in the near future." For
anyone with an inkling as to what Microsoft thinks of paying a "patent tax,"
that's positively psychedelic.
Posted by Patent Hawk at March 28, 2008 12:52 AM | Patents In Business