Now that Autodesk and SolidWorks agreed to stop suing each other in civil court over the color of rectangles, what's next? Well, first of all, Autodesk lawyers must be feeling devastated at the sudden loss of future income. My condolences.
Second, the battleground moves back to the US office for trademarks. Last year, the USPTO had agreed to suspend Autodesk's desperate dispute against Open Design Alliance and SolidWorks over d-w-g pending the outcome of the civil court action.
(I use the word "desperate," because Autodesk has no chance of getting ownership of .dwg due to reasons I explain in next Monday's upFront.eZine.)
Halting the civil court case before the jury could make a decision (heck, even hear the opening statements) means that the fight back to USPTO territory.
(Thank you to Evan Yares for tweeting the court action live from San Francisco.)
Second, the battleground moves back to the US office for trademarks. Last year, the USPTO had agreed to suspend Autodesk's desperate dispute against Open Design Alliance and SolidWorks over d-w-g pending the outcome of the civil court action.
(I use the word "desperate," because Autodesk has no chance of getting ownership of .dwg due to reasons I explain in next Monday's upFront.eZine.)
Halting the civil court case before the jury could make a decision (heck, even hear the opening statements) means that the fight back to USPTO territory.
(Thank you to Evan Yares for tweeting the court action live from San Francisco.)
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