On Tuesday, August 24, 2004 1:56 PM, Mark Lentczner wrote:
On Aug 24, 2004, at 12:46 PM, Koen Martens wrote:
Sender-ID uses SPF syntax, Microsoft claims to have patents
pending on
Sender-ID and PRA, therefore it is not impossible that microsoft is
trying to patent SPF syntax. Is that so illogical?
Yes, that doesn't follow. The IPR specifically states that
it only covers what is in the core and pra drafts. It does
not cover anything in the protocol draft, which is where the
syntax of the records and the interpretation of that syntax
are defined. If Microsoft was going to claim any IP rights
over that they would have had to file an IPR for the protocol
draft as well. They did not.
- Mark
Agreed! Thank you, Mark.