Patent Litigation
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Microsoft hit by patent suit
News Following Microsoft's allegations over Linux patents, the software giant is now accused of intellectual property infringement by Alcatel.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, Patents
US patent ruling bodes well for tech
News A ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals should weed out trivial patent lawsuits, but will require companies to be more specific about what process they have invented.
Tags: Patents, Patent, Computer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Hardware, software, Computer & Communications Industry Association, technology company, News.com, industry
Patent office to re-examine JPEG patent
News The Patent Office will look at the JPEG patent again--and it could cause one company to lose a whole lot of money.
Apple gets multitouch patent
News The company has been awarded a patent for multitouch touchscreen technology, versions of which are used in systems from competitors such as Palm and Microsoft.
Tags: Patents, Handhelds, Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Patent, patent litigation, Microsoft Windows 7, Multitouch Functionality, intellectual property, profit margin
Microsoft suit alleges ex-worker stole trade secrets
News Startup CEO is accused of getting hired by Microsoft under false pretenses in order to steal information to use in a patent lawsuit against three Microsoft partners.
Tags: Patents, Lawsuits, Software, Microsoft Corp., Patent, Patent Suit, patent litigation, Lawsuit, attorney, OEM
Europe's software patent war ignites again
News Patent debate may be taken out of hands of elected politicians under new measure, Parliament groups say.
Tags: Software, Patents, Government
U.S. govt ponders patent system changes
News U.S. congress talks about fixing patent system, but with conflicting interests, path to new legislation could be slow going.
Ericsson names new management team
News The mobile phone giant hires a new chief executive, deputy CEO and chief financial officer. The company also settles a long-standing patent suit.
Banking giants back Microsoft-Novell deal
News Three banking giants are among the first companies to back the deal between Microsoft and Novell on Windows-Linux interoperability.
Ex-Microsoft CTO claims patent 'problem' is myth
News Nathan Myhrvold, now CEO of a patent-licensing firm, says there's no reason to worry about the U.S. patent system.
Tags: Legal, Corporate law, Copyright, Patents
Nokia, Qualcomm settle patent dispute
News The mobile phone giant and chipmaker enter into a 15-year licensing agreement that settles all patent litigation between the two companies.
Tags: Antitrust, Legal, Lawsuits, Corporate law, Patents, Patent, Qualcomm Inc., Mobile, phone, performance
Lucent sues Microsoft over Xbox technology
News Telecommunications equipment maker is charging Redmond with patent infringement related to MPEG-2 video encoding.
Tags: Game players, Legal, Lawsuits, Patents
Microsoft will not sue over Linux patents
News Software giant has confirmed that it will not pursue its open-source patent-infringement allegations, while OpenOffice does not believe Microsoft will substantiate the statements.
Tags: Open source, Patents
Stallman unbending on software patents
News Debate over GPL version 3 begins as Free Software Foundation's founder says antipatent provisions are "not a placeholder."
Tags: Software, Open source, Patents
Linux player hits back at Ballmer
News Open source solutions provider Cybersource has lashed out at Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer's statement in Singapore that Linux is potentially in violation of various software idea patents.
Tags: Linux, Open source
