[chbot] Small Micros with I2C bus OT--> patents

[Charles Manning]

Unbelievable. There is sufficient prior art on this for lawyers to have found 
something.

 eg. all those smartcard micros with 32-bit cpus inside.

It is amazing what rubbish patents the USPTO will issue.


On Wednesday 27 April 2011 12:24:35 Michael Pearce wrote:
> They have one one case already.
>
> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:20 PM, Charles Manning
>
> <manningc2 at actrix.gen.nz> wrote:
> > On Sunday 24 April 2011 03:37:36 Michael Pearce wrote:
> >> Also a side note... Atmel and others are currently in court over their
> >> <=8 pin Micro-controllers  - in breach of a patent about external pin
> >> count vs internal data path width
> >> Also applies to 16bit micros in packages <= 16 pins and 32bit Micros
> >> <=32 pins etc.
> >> Two possible results: 1. they have to withdrawl the parts... 2. they
> >> have to pay a lot of money, increasing the price of the parts.
> >
> > or possibility 3.... probably the most likely:
> >
> > Microchip will have their dopey patent thrown out.
> >
> >
> >
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