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Netex gets patent, could make Google pay
News Internet giants the likes of Google and Yahoo may have to pay an Israeli company for a search patent, which it has obtained in the United States.
Tags: Search, Web sites, Patent, Web Browser, Israeli company, stock price, search engine company, TechCrunch, search bar, WWW
Openness unlocking Web's power
Insight perspective Accessibility and open standards have helped build the Web and remain central to its development, says Opera executive.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Standards, Open source, Apple Inc., Patent, Web Browser, Video, Standards
Group aims to defend Linux from bad patents
News Linux Defenders is asking the open source community to help find examples of prior art to fend off action based on poor-quality patents.
Tags: Patents, Lawsuits, Patent, U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, IP, Linux Defenders, Linux Defenders Effort, prior art, software, Linux Community
Internet watchdog challenges VoIP patent
News The civil liberties group says it has found a prior patent and reference material to invalidate a bogus voice over Internet Protocol patent.
Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Patents, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Phone, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, patent system, Patents, VoIP, VoIP/IP telephony
Microsoft pushes for single global patent system
News Redmond wants to see a single world patent body established to "promote innovation, enrich knowledge, and encourage competition".
Tags: Business applications, Patents, Patent, Innovation, Intellectual Property Right, intellectual property, Texas, Free Software Foundation, Patents, XML
Microsoft granted stay of Word injunction
News Landmark injunction would have required the software giant to stop selling its popular Word in its current form by next month.
Tags: Business applications, Patent, software company, Sales, Toronto, spokesman, federal judge, Microsoft Word, XML
Pro-Linux group nabs Microsoft patents
News The Open Invention Network has acquired 22 patents sold recently by Microsoft, aiming to help Linux-based companies avoid becoming targets for more legal action.
Tags: Linux, IBM Corp., Patent, Red Hat Inc., IP, TomTom, AST Computers, Linux
Dish ordered to pay TiVo US$200 million
News Federal judge orders Dish Network to pay TiVo nearly US$200 million for continuing to sell DVRs it has determined infringe on a TiVo patent.
Tags: TVs, DVR, TiVo Inc., Dish Network, EchoStar Communications Corp., U.S. District Judge, video recorder, Texas, TVs, DVR
Appeals court weighs Word injunction
News Microsoft is hoping to overturn a ruling that versions of Word infringe on a patent held by Canada's I4i. It also faces US$200 million in damages and an injunction.
Tags: Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, Patent, software company, chairman, Washington D.C., spokesman, Microsoft Word, lawyer, XML
Microsoft files appeal in Word injunction case
News Company finds faults with rulings that led to jury's patent infringement ruling. Microsoft also faces injunction that threatens to halt sales of current form of Word.
Tags: Business applications, Patent, Sales, chairman, Canada, financial, Texas, Microsoft Word, XML
Kindle patents lay out plan for ads
News Patents, both approved and pending, show that Amazon may bundle free, ad-supported digital books with sales of physical books.
Tags: Patents, Regulations, Sales/revenue, Internet advertising, Patent, E-book, Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., revenue, Internet advertising
Microsoft asks for stay of Word injunction
News Software maker also asks court to quickly hear an appeal of the order, which threatens to halt sales of Microsoft Word in its current form.
Tags: Business applications, Patent, U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, software company, Microsoft Office, Best Buy Co. Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Word, XML
Nokia sues Apple for patent infringement
News World's largest phone maker accuses Apple of violating intellectual property it owns governing handset wireless connectivity.
Tags: Patents, Smart phones, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Patent, Phone, Wireless, intellectual property, 3G, Wi-Fi
Microsoft gets 10,000th patent
News After five years of pushing for more patents, Microsoft has finally broken into five digits when it comes to the number of U.S. patents issued.
Tags: Patents, Best strategies, Benefits, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Patent, Online Game, Computer, Worker, Microsoft Surface
TiVo sues AT&T, Verizon over DVR patents
News TiVo alleges AT&T and Verizon are violating three of its DVR patents, in a repeat of the tack it took against Dish/EchoStar.
Tags: DVR, Verizon Communications Inc., Patent, intellectual property, Comcast Corp., AT&T Corp., Best Buy Co. Inc.
