1995-09-19 - Re: Cylink

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From: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1995-09-19 22:10:11 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 19 Sep 95 15:10:11 PDT

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From: Andrew Loewenstern <andrew_loewenstern@il.us.swissbank.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 95 15:10:11 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Cylink
Message-ID: <9509192145.AA01100@ch1d157nwk>
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anonymous claims the WSJ said:
>  The arbitrators ruled that RSA hasn't had the right to sublicense
>  the Stanford patents since 1990.
>
>  Cylink said it would seek royalties from companies that have licensed
>  software code from RSA and are redistributing it, arguing that they
>  are infringing the Stanford patents.

hahahaha, this is funny if it's true...  Anyone know which two patents they  
are referring to? (diffie-hellman and merkle-hellman?)

Any ideas on how this will change the legal status of RSAREF and PGP?

andrew





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