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.