devine@asgb.UUCP (Robert J. Devine) (09/11/85)
Has there been any definite ruling on Olof Soderbloom's patent contention? He alleged that his patent covers all token passing ring configurations. However, the last that I read was about 2 years ago when the whole mess was still up in the air. Bob Devine
sjl@amdahl.UUCP (Steve Langdon) (09/15/85)
> > Has there been any definite ruling on Olof Soderbloom's patent > contention? He alleged that his patent covers all token passing > ring configurations. However, the last that I read was about 2 > years ago when the whole mess was still up in the air. > > Bob Devine I heard that he recently succeeded in getting the Patent Office to reissue the patent with significantly broader claims. I suspect that some laywers are going to get rich fighting about this issue when IEEE 802.5 networks finally make it to market. -- Stephen J. Langdon ...!{ihnp4,cbosgd,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!sjl [ The article above is not an official statement from any organization in the known universe. ]