17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Andrew Loewenstern writes:
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?
I'm much more interested in how this changes the legal status of the D-H derived encryption systems like ElGamal, and how it alters the patent status on the DSS, which is basically also derived from the same root. Perry