Patent Lawsuit
Barracuda Networks is being sued by Trend Micro as of 2008 for its distribution of ClamAV as part of a security package. Trend Micro claims that Barracuda's utilization of ClamAV infringes on a software patent for filtering viruses on an Internet gateway. The free software community has responded in part by calling for a boycott against Trend Micro. The boycott has been endorsed by the Free Software Foundation. Barracuda Networks counter-sued with IBM obtained patents in July 2008.
Read more about this topic: Clam AntiVirus
Famous quotes containing the word patent:
“This is the patent age of new inventions
For killing bodies, and for saving souls,
All propagated with the best intentions.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)