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Microsoft slapped with US$388M patent verdict
News U.S. federal jury finds the product activation method used in some versions of Windows and Office infringes on Uniloc patent held by its Singapore subsidiary.
Tags: Patents, Piracy, Verdict, Microsoft Corp., Rhode Island, Microsoft Office XP, encryption technology, Singapore, Uniloc Corp., software company
Former Grokster exec pulls out of Pirate Bay acquisition
News Less than two weeks after being hired to obtain legal content for Global Gaming, Wayne Rosso walks away over "strong doubts" about whether a deal can be completed.
Tags: Content management, Grokster Ltd., attorney, Swedish company, movie, payment, founder, licensing deal, CNET Networks Inc., acquisition
Microsoft unlikely to let Word injunction stand
News Redmond has options, whether it is creating a technical workaround, appealing, or pursuing settlement talks. Likely, the company is exploring all three options right now.
Tags: tagging, Redmond, Texas, spokesman, federal judge, Microsoft Word, XML
Microsoft hit with US$200M patent verdict
News A jury rules that an XML tagging feature in recent versions of Word infringed on a patent from a Toronto-based company.
Tags: Patents, Business applications, Verdict, Microsoft Corp., Toronto, Microsoft Word 2003, tagging, Microsoft Word 2007, Texas, spokesman
Pirate Bay: In search of an unbiased judge
News The judge tapped to investigate whether the judge in the high-profile Pirate Bay case in Sweden was biased, has been removed for potential bias. Now, the judge replacing her could face the same fate.
Tags: Piracy, Lawsuits, Verdict, Universal Music Group, EMI Group Plc., Warner Music Group Corp., Internet provider, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, copyright law, Sweden
Sorting out the Pirate Bay verdict
News What made the Swedish court in the Pirate Bay copyright infringement case go for guilty? CNET News looks more closely at the verdict to find out.
Tags: Piracy, Defendant, Verdict, Sunde, Server, e-mail, co-founder, File-sharing, Web Site, accounting
Microsoft gets big patent verdict overturned
News District court vacates an April ruling that would have had Microsoft being forced to pay US$388 million in a patent infringement case.
Tags: Business applications, Business Strategies & Functions, XML, spokesman, Microsoft Corp., Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Microsoft Word, Sales, Canada
Microsoft reiterates case against Word injunction
News Monday filing is just the latest in the company's appeal of a patent infringement ruling that among other things, bars the sale of Word in its current form.
Tags: Business applications, software company, Toronto, Microsoft Word 2003, tagging, Microsoft Word 2007, Texas, Microsoft Word, 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
Microsoft to be heard on Word injunction appeal
News Company to make its case Wednesday for why it shouldn't face an injunction banning sales of Word following a jury's ruling that it infringed Canadian company's patent.
Tags: Business applications, software company, Sales, antitrust, federal judge, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, XML
I4i says not out to destroy Microsoft Word
News Although it has won an injunction that could halt sales of Word in its current form, a small Canadian company says its goal is to build products, not kill a key part of Office.
Tags: Business applications, chairman, Amgen Inc., Web Site, Web, Microsoft Word, XML
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 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
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
Ceasefire in the China-Taiwan chip war?
News After years of legal feuding between Taiwan's TSMC and China's SMIC, chipmakers' latest round of fighting may be coming to an end.
Tags: Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Global strategic management, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co., Taiwanese chipmaker, California, Chip, Chip Company, Hong Kong, Shanghai
