Topic: Microsoft Backs Off BlueJ Patent Claim (Read 177 times)
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« on: Jan 30, 2007, 09:43:59 AM »
A useful piece of functionality in Visual Studio had been incorporated into the product without attribution to its creator, Michael Kand#246;lling of the University of Kent. Microsoft then submitted a patent application for the tool, which they have reasonably withdrawn.