RSA - IDEA - Patents

[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Harter, Shan wrote:

> 1. Need to find out if the patent on RSA has expired, meaning the algorithm
> can be used generally without a license in the USA?

Yes, the RSA patent expired last year Sep 20th.

> 2. IDEA patent has not expired in the USA until 2007?

Yes.  And not only in the USA but in most countries.

  Werner
  

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