Looks like Microsoft is trying to get into NI's space here. ""SoftWire is a graphical programming extension for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET""
Maybe NI should got after MS and Softwire on antitrust as well. Let's hope they all settle out of court. I'm just starting to get comfortable with NI. I don't want to add Softwire to the mix. Besides, [EMAIL PROTECTED] would have to be set up. 8-( -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Howard Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: bad news? I should have included the link to the original article. Here it is: http://email.controleng.com/cgi-bin2/DM/y/efVG0GDREC0GXT0B6Ni0An >>> "John Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/13/04 09:00AM >>> Here is an article from a recent Control Engineering newsletter... SoftWire's patent infringement lawsuit against NI to proceed Middleboro, MA?Measurement Computing Corp. and SoftWire Technology Inc. recently announced that the U.S. District Court in Boston granted on Nov. 5, 2003, the two firms' request to allow SoftWire to charge National Instruments (NI) in a pending lawsuit with infringing two patents owned by SoftWire. Judge Robert Keeton delivered the ruling over NI's objections. Subsequently, SoftWire filed an amended complaint accusing NI's LabView product of infringing two of SoftWire's patents. SoftWire alleges that LabView infringes on two virtual instrument technology patents that SoftWire originally acquired from Fluke Corp. These two patents reportedly predate the earliest of NI's patents. SoftWire is seeking unspecified damages for past sales of LabView. SoftWire is also seeking an order prohibiting NI from continuing to sell LabView.
