17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
On Mon, 27 Nov 1995 23:16:10 -0800 jamesd@echeque.com wrote:
At 05:16 PM 11/28/95 -0400, Michael Smith wrote:
I'm unclear about the patent status of elliptic curve systems. Are they covered by the Diffie-Hellman patent? That is, is the lnguage of this patent broad enough to cover _all_ public-key systems, regardless of their mathematical basis?
No, but RSA will litigate you with the objective of inflicting extravagant legal costs regardless.
Does the patent create any headaches for elliptic curve research or publishing elliptic curve papers, or just for new products? Dan