Comments on: Thomson Reuters Believes They Own All Endnote Style Files??

By: mb

mb — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:14:43 +0000

@Karl: "Am I correct in remembering that a blank MS Word document is based on the MS Word 'default' template? "

Yes you are correct: All documents produced in MS Word are derived from a template called NORMAL.DOT

By: Bruce D'Arcus

Bruce D'Arcus — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:21:57 +0000

@Karl: I think virtually any file format includes some kind of default coding. That's certainly true of a word-processor template file.

My guess is this suit doesn't ultimately go anywhere near realizing these hypothetical threats. I would hope it would get thrown out before even proceeding to trial.

By: Karl E. Jorgensen

Karl E. Jorgensen — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:25:12 +0000

Well… Am I correct in remembering that a blank MS Word document is based on the MS Word “default” template? If so, then this logic can have serious (and immediately obvious) consequences. This might help bring the IP mess to the mainline news…

Disclaimer: I haven’t used MS Word for years..

By: Bruce D'Arcus

Bruce D'Arcus — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:09:13 +0000

Yes. If this does go to court, I would hope part of the outcome would be to reject this entire argument, and force Thomson Reuters to remove the restrictions.