U.S. Trade Agency to Investigate Antivirus Patent Claims
Grant Gross writes on InfoWorld:
The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to investigate claims by Trend Micro of competitors' patent infringement involving antivirus products.More here.
Trend Micro filed a trade complaint Nov. 21 against fellow cybersecurity vendors Barracuda Networks of Campbell, California; Panda Software International, based in Spain; and Panda Distribution of Glendale, California.
Trend Micro's complaint accuses the three companies of infringing its patent for virus detection and removal apparatus for computer networks. The technology "represents a dramatic departure from the traditional antivirus methods of safeguarding individual computers," the company says in its complaint.
Full Disclosure: Trend Micro is my employer... -ferg
posted by Fergie @ 12/21/2007 05:33:00 PM
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