7 chinese patents on UOF, is there legal certainty?

Summary:

ISO does not seem to care to make patent searches in the world patent database, which could put in danger all future users of the standard. Now, Andy Updegrove of Consortium's blog mentions 7 chinese patents around UOF, and JustSystems might also have some patents around XML in the United States. Is there a way to have legal certainty?

7 chinese patents on UOF, is there legal certainty?

zoobab 27 Feb 2008 15:46

ISO does not seem to care to make patent searches in the world patent database, which could put in danger all future users of the standard.

Now, Andy Updegrove of Consortium's blog mentions 7 chinese patents around UOF:

And, lest I forget to mention it, implementation of UOF would infringe upon seven patents owned by the Chinese developers of the format. Touche.

JustSystems might also have some patents around XML in the United States.

Is there a way to have legal certainty?

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