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Re:Amazon owes $525M in cloud-storage patent fight, US jury ... by zamalek on Thursday April 11, 2024 @05:14AM (#40000093)
Aren't those patents expired? It's been >20yr since application.
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Re:Amazon owes $525M in cloud-storage patent fight, US jury ... by tsimionescu on Thursday April 11, 2024 @06:55AM (#40000791)
They are, but the lawsuit was filed in 2018 when they were still in force. And the infringement is even older, so they can still claim damages for the whole period between AWS launch and 2020/2021.
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Re:Amazon owes $525M in cloud-storage patent fight, US jury ... by skywhopper on Thursday April 11, 2024 @06:29AM (#40000615)
S3 debuted in 2006.
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