It seems to me that patent suit becomes more and more often nowadays. New one: Sandisk vs other flash storage vendors: http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9804488-7.html Other on-going patent cases: Broadcom versus Qualcomm Nokia versus Qualcomm SCO versus IBM over Linux IP Innovation versus Redhat and Novell Alcatel/Lucent versus Microsoft over MP3 Regards, Xiaofan -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist