Anti-virus firm Trend Micro is suing Barracuda Networks over their use of
the open source anti-virus product ClamAV. The issue is Trend Micro's
patent on 'anti-virus detection on an SMTP or FTP gateway'.
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/29/1313206

Barracuda is looking for prior art to help defend against this suit.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080125135544713

I am curious, when did Listserv offer the ability to scan incoming
messages for content?   From this page, it looks like 1995.
http://www.lsoft.com/corporate/history.asp

Perhaps LSoft can help stop this abuse of the patent system.

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