Trend Micro Patent Suits Few

A decade old patent award continues to raise cries of foul. The controversial patent filed by Trend Micro in September 1995 involved using the File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), a computer and an antivirus scanner in order to scan email at the gateway. The protocols, the hardware and the software involved all pre-date the patent application, causing some to liken it to a patent for biscuits when bread was already being baked. >> Full Story