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The California Northern District Court's preparation for a pre-trial hearing in the patent litigation dispute between Byte Software and Bell Company has drawn much attention from the tech industry in Silicon Valley.
Because normally, a patent litigation would not undergo such a process; filing the case, gathering evidence, summoning a jury, and then holding court is the standard procedure.
But this lawsuit is special, firstly because it involves software and communications, a cross-industry patent applicability issue.
Secondly, whether the principle of referencing international standards in patents can serve as a legal basis is also a vague point of contention.
Of course, if based on the viewpoint of most people in the tech industry, as well as the evidence of authorization receipts provided by Byte Software from the International Telecommunication Union, the jury and judge will surely make a ruling in favor of Byte Software.
