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
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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