109791 submission Submission + - Microsoft FAT Patent Fails in Germany Submitted by Askmum on Thursday March 15, 2007 @04:40AM Askmum writes: "While Microsft has been granted and been reaffirmed a patent on FAT in the US, the German Patent Federal Court ruled that the patent is invalid in Germany, because it is "not based on inventive activity". Read more (heise.de, in English)"