2020/04/26 · In December 2003, Microsoft announced licensing demands of four patents for the FAT filesystem: US5,579,517 "The '517 patent"; US5 ...

File Allocation Table (FAT) is a file system developed for personal computers and was the default filesystem for MS-DOS and Windows 9x operating systems.

2005/08/30 · THE SPECIFICATION IS PROVIDED "AS IS," AND MICROSOFT MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR. WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED ...

2004/09/30 · The company also grants license to intellectual property that has not yet been patented, according to its Web site. Microsoft charges 25 cents ...

2003/12/04 · Microsoft offers a commercially reasonable, nonexclusive license so that other companies can use the FAT file system in their own products.

2013/12/07 · Microsoft's FAT patent finally struck down in EU due to prior art from Linus Torvalds. Could put an end to Microsoft's billions that it gets ...

Microsoft has decided to charge a license fee for FAT filesystem (including flash memory cards), see http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/tech/fat.asp, as ...

2012/11/07 · Microsoft has entered into similar exFAT patent licensing agreements with several leading consumer electronics manufacturers, including ...

2004/04/15 · "Free software is licensed in a way that prohibits royalties - you can't pay Microsoft a license and distribute your software under a free ...

2020/11/25 · Hi, I'd like to ask some opinion from lawyer-blooded forum members according the current status of FAT file systems. As far as I know, ...