]
] Are you sitting down? The Patent Office has rejected
] Microsoft's FAT patent in the reexamination proceeding
] initiated earlier this year by Dan Ravicher's Public
] Patent Foundation, PubPat. As you can see, Daniel Lyons'
] unfounded mockery of Mr. Ravicher's credentials was
] misguided. Here's what Ravicher says about this
] development, "I hope those companies that chose to take a
] license from Microsoft for the patent negotiated refund
] clauses so that they can get their money back." Microsoft
] has the opportunity to respond, but it's uphill for them
] now.