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Seagate Patents Compact Flash - 10 years late!: Seagate patents Compact Flash - 10 years late!Bogus Cat Toy PatentMy favorite is a patented method of using a laser pointer to excercise your cat (or any curious animal). Lawyers can turn anything into a pile of cat-box-contents.Title: Method of exercising a catDocument Type and Number: United States Patent...; Tags: laser, Seagate Technology LLC; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Seagate Patents Compact Flash - 10 years late!: Can "prior art" be too prior? Dramatic evidence of America's broken patent system surfaced in last week's lawsuit by Seagate against STEC, the innovative developer of high-performance flash drives. Imagine winning a patent for something invented 10 years before. Seagate may sue SANdisk next. Seagate owns...; Tags: Patent, Disk Drive, Seagate Technology LLC, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Self-healing computers for NASA spacecraft: As you can guess, hardwired computer systems are much faster than general-purpose ones because they are designed to do a single task. But when they fail, they need to be totally reconfigured. This can be just a costly problem in a lab on Earth, but it can be vital in...; Tags: NASA, Patent, Unit, Hardware, FPGA, Computer, UA, UA Engineer, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Is Stiglitz the official economist of open source?: If anyone may be deemed the official economist of open source, it's probably Joseph Stiglitz (right). Stiglitz, 65, was a co-winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in economics for work he did on the impact of asymmetric information. His paper said markets can be...; Tags: Patent, Economist, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-25
New protective cups for sportsmen: As Popular Science reports in 'The Cup Stops Here,' 'the most important piece of male athletic gear, the protective cup, hasn't changed much over the years.' After looking at a bunch of protective cups available from $8 to $25, the reporter thinks he has found the winner. The NuttyBuddy™ has...; Tags: Patent, Player, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-04-24

News to know: Microsoft Mesh; Microhoo; OLPC; Patents; Linked data: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Ten things to know about Microsoft's Live Mesh Ryan Stewart: Silverlight and the future core of Microsoft Screen shots: Microsoft's Live Mesh (right) Images: Hands-on with Live Mesh Techmeme ...; Tags: Patent, Dana Blankenhorn, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Linux, Open Source, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Doing the Microsoft Patent math: Doing the Microsoft patent mathI fail to see your point?Is it that MS is doing like IBM and Sun (open source "supporters") has done for years?How Many Are good?I wonder how many of these patents would stand up to a concerted effort to challenge them?As long as the U.S. patent...; Tags: Microosft, Microsoft Corp., patent, IBM Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-22
Doing the Microsoft Patent math: Just over a year ago, Microsoft officials threw down the patent gauntlet, claiming free and open-source software violated 235 of its patents -- but refused (and continue to refuse) to get more specific. Today, thanks to a post by my ZDNet blogging colleague Jason Perlow, there's a new piece of...; Tags: Patent, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Corp., Patent Application, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's Patent minefield: Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's patent minefieldAnd Now for Something Completely Similar...http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry2350.htmlCould you make a map for open source companiesLike Red Hat, Sun, IBM, etc.?You could...But no Open Source company has made litigation threats that other Open Source projects are violating their intellectual property. Microsoft has.Keyword...OPENBeing...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., open source, patent, Centrify; Discussion threads 2008-04-22
Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's Patent minefield: On February 21 of 2008, just two months ago, Microsoft announced "strategic changes in technology and business practices to expand interoperability." These changes, which would be incorporated into a set of "Interoperability Principles" that would provide API and protocol documentation for connectivity to and from their "high-volume business products" naming...; Tags: Patent, Centrify, Samba, Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Tom Kemp, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-04-22
Jury rules for Alcatel in Microsoft Patent case: Jury rules for Alcatel in Microsoft patent caseAnd...As far as I can see, patents are often for very vaguely worded methods. Which is I guess one major reason is why people are ticked off regarding software and patents.Pursuit of JusticeWe have reached a point where the volume of Intellectual Property...; Tags: patent, patent case, Alcatel, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-05
Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit: The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel (pictured from left to right) consisted...; Tags: Innovation, Lawsuit, Patent, Harbor, TiVo Inc., Fred, Lohmann, Copyrights, Copyright System, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-03-31
A microscope that emails medical images: A team of Chinese and U.S. researchers has successfully applied for a patent for a virtual telemicroscope. It is the only one of its kind capable of emailing electronic slides. It has been specifically designed to allow 'off-site pathologists to diagnose cancer or other diseases in patients living in remote...; Tags: Microscope, Patent, Researcher, Diagnosis, E-mail, Image, Computer, Magnification Image, Productivity, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-03-28
Golden age for hydrogels?: Hydrogels are familiar to anyone in medicine. My daughter wears hydrogel contact lenses. They're also used in breast implants, for dressing wounds, even as miniature glucose sensors. But they are only just coming into their own, as drug delivery mechanisms. Covalon...; Tags: Patent, Hydrogels, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-03-28
Can the Microsoft cathedral really do business with the open-source bazaar?: It sounds like the "show-down" between Senior Vice President and General Counsel Brad Smith and a panel of open-source backers at the Open Source Business Conference (OSBC) on March 25 didn't plow any new ground. Smith extended the same olive branch that Microsoft has been holding aloft,...; Tags: GPL, Patent, Brad Smith, Microsoft Corp., Open Source, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-03-26
Did Microsoft beat Apple to dual-sided touch technology?: A recently disclosed Apple patent describes a number of devices using a two-sided touch panel and to no surprise, the speculation online begins. With a patent that describes "embodiments" of a technology, the dreams can go anywhere, it appears. However, in some of these embodiments, Microsoft appears...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Device, Patent, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Keyboards, Notebooks, Hardware, Peripherals, Notebooks & Tablets, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-03-17
Blockbuster, Netflix at Patent loggerheads: Blockbuster, Netflix at patent loggerheadsHow could the Blockbuster claim even be considered?When Netflix filed for the patent, Blockbuster was still a simple brick and morter, walk in, rent it, pay your late fees organization. In fact, looking that far back, no one was even considering the option of online...; Tags: patent, NetFlix Inc., Blockbuster Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-03-17
Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates Patent: Gibson: Activision's 'Guitar Hero' violates patent: GibsonMessage has been deleted.That doesn't compare with a patent for toilet paperI have it. Everyone who wipes their a** now owes me money.The inspiration for the patent came from inspiration from a foundation comprising of idiots who patent the obvious.I'm so brilliant.-MWow! Gibson's showroom must...; Tags: Games, Guitar Hero 3, Gibson, patent, Activision Inc., Guitar Hero; Discussion threads 2008-03-12
33.5% of global Patents filed by US companies in 2007: US-based businesses accounted for 33.5% of total patents filed internationally in 2007, World Intellectual Property Organization said. US companies filed 156,100 international patent applications. The total number of patents filed worldwide was up by 4.7% over 2006. by AM; Tags: Patent, AM; Blog posts 2008-03-11
Microsoft releases updated Office-OpenOffice XML translator, ramps up document interop efforts as ISO mulls OpenXML: Microsoft today launched an update of its OpenXML and ODF translator for its Excel and Powerpoint applications and pledged to keep churning out more documentation to enable interoperability -- and more patents to protect that IP. Following its interoperability announcement on Feb 21, the...; Tags: Novell Inc., Patent, ISO, Microsoft Corp., OpenXML, Interoperability Initiative, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Open Source, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Emerging Technologies, Quality, Business Operations, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-03-06