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Re: Cylink
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