"Mike Easter" <MikeE@ster.invalid> wrote in message
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> Jenn wrote:
>> "Mike Easter"
>>> mbam had a legal conflict with IOBit, claiming iobit infringed IP.
>>> During that battle would have been a good time for iobit to claim that
>>> mbam harbored 'gremlins', but it did not. It only claimed that it
>>> didn't intentionally infringe IP and that remedies had been taken about
>>> mbam's concerns.
>
>>
>> What does *infringe IP* mean?
>
> IP is intellectual property (rights) in this context. So the infringement
> is on the property rights.
>
> <wiki> On November 2, 2009, Malwarebytes accused rival IOBit of
> incorporating the database of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (and several
> products from other vendors, which were not named) in its security
> software IOBit Security 360. ... Malwarebytes claims to have served DMCA
> infringement notices against CNET Download.com and MajorGeeks.com in order
> to have the download sites remove the IOBit software. </wiki>
>
> DMCA = Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a US copyright law
>


thanks Mike!
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Jenn (from Oklahoma)
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