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- Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?
- Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?One thing I would like to knowHow many of those patents are actually [i]inventions[/i]?RE: Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?That is a bit fuzzy isn't it. Initially here's all you'll find.http://www.intellectualventures.com/inv_main.aspxEveryone plays by the same rulesHow can he be considered a troll? He is doing for...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- Did Microsoft send in the trolls?
- Our own Stephen Shankland at C|Net has seen the other shoe drop on Steve Ballmer's patent threat.  (Found this cute guy at Funkydung.com.) Two patent trolls, Technology Licensing Corp. of Nevada and IP Innovation, a unit of Acacia Technologies, have filed suit against Novell and Red Hat for...
- Blog posts 2007-10-13
- Microsoft's Ballmer calls out Red Hat with more patent threats
- Microsoft's Ballmer calls out Red Hat with more patent threatsWHy would they show you?Are you a judge? Are you a company that has a patent claim or obligation? In fact do you have any legal standing at all?Hmmm, I guess we see why they don't feel a need...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-09
- News to know: Photoshop; Jobs at Google, Yahoo; Dell job cuts
- News to know: Photoshop; Jobs at Google, Yahoo; Dell job cutsUSPTO to give MS chance to remove EOLAS patent.Microsoft will get a chance to convince the US Patent and Trademark Office that a patent for web browser plug-ins held by Eolas Technologies should be overturned. The dispute between the two...
- Discussion threads 2007-06-01
- Microsoft: If we're violating IP, 'we'll take a license'
- Microsoft: If we're violating IP, 'we'll take a license'Ya gotta love the answer to the first question: "No futher details areavailable at this time.". Seems to me, ALL the details are available, they are just not being released.A truthful answer is: "The truth and the details would embarrass the...
- Discussion threads 2007-05-16
- Microsoft starts gathering IE 8 input
- Microsoft starts gathering IE 8 inputI hated Eolas' Patents...If I were Microsoft, I would never dare comply with Eolas patent to make it harder for me to use ActiveX controls--but it doesn't mean it's not secure. I care about security, but there are websites like Tallahassee Community College and books.quia.com...
- Discussion threads 2007-01-28
- Supreme Court to hear Microsoft appeal
- Supreme Court to hear Microsoft appealSupreme Court to hear Microsoft appealMicrosoft FTW!And rightly so , Microsoft should pay up .Isn't obvious already that perhaps the majority of their code is stolen from somewhere else . I mean when does the litigation stop . It's time for everyone to think things...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-27
- Microsoft puts cybersquatters on notice
- Microsoft puts cybersquatters on noticeNo Ax, let's start a companyThere's got to be some Web 2.0 system we can set up so customers can automatically sue everyone they know!It would seem as Microsofts Lawyer'sare suing anyone now if and when they hear a pin drop ."In a world without...
- Discussion threads 2006-08-22
- Could more Eolas-like open source benefactors hurt Microsoft, others?
- Whenever Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz ends up talking about his company's open source strategy, the word "indemnified" invariably crops up. Schwartz, who is always on-message, never forgets to slip in a reminder that when Sun open sources something -- like Solaris -- that users of that open-sourced-something are using software...
- Blog posts 2006-05-30
- Microsoft, Autodesk lose patent case
- Microsoft, Autodesk lose patent caseMicrosoft patent slap #2!Man, Microsoft is getting stomped lately with this patent stuff. Admittedly, product activation isn't as necessary to Windows users as ActiveX(well, users don't really care for product activation), so it might not be as big of a deal. But could this mean the...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-19
- Burst.com sues Apple for patent infringement
- Burst.com sues Apple for patent infringementAre you encouraging frivolous lawsuits Vily?Is it okay to tie up our legal system and waste huge amounts of taxpayer funds if I'm harrassing someone who is bad?HMMM!I think I'm going to patent breathing......WTF!Greedy Kuunntz!Bad Move for BurstSo far, the patents described are both obvious...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-17
- Microsoft's 'Eolas patch' to hobble IE this week. Advantage: Firefox
- Microsoft's 'Eolas patch' to hobble IE this week. Advantage: FirefoxBRAVO !!! Excellent!!Good for EOLAS. Way to stand up for your intellectual property.I'm also very excited to hear that I have to click on something in order for Flash to run if/when I use IE. Flash is a...
- Discussion threads 2006-04-11
- Microsoft's 'Eolas patch' to hobble IE this week. Advantage: Firefox
- A ZDNet reader that goes only by the name of John e-mailed me yesterday to remind me that today -- April 11 2006 -- is Internet Explorer's official Eolas day of reckoning. Going out in today's superpatch Tuesday batch of patches is an update to Internet Explorer that will...
- Blog posts 2006-04-11
- April 11 Internet Explorer ActiveX security update could change streaming forever
- This one falls along the line of stories with implications that have been substantially under-reported. But I view part of my gig here as reporting the under-reported, so that's why I am making this post.What has been reported is that on Wednesday, Microsoft said it would modify Internet Explorer...
- Blog posts 2006-03-31
- Eolas work-around puts the brakes on Rich Internet Applications
- Well, we can't say they didn't give us plenty of warning, but I think most people didn't actually believe it would happen. But finally this week, due to a software patent lawsuit by Eolas, Microsoft was forced to start rolling out updates to Internet Explorer that use a technicality to...
- Blog posts 2006-03-01
- Microsoft updates IE after patent spat
- Microsoft updates IE after patent spatMicrosoft updates IE after patent spatAnd those same people that were whining about how bad patents are remain quiet on this case because its Microsoft.Fix for IEWhat good is it if you don't have sp2 installed. Are you S- - - out of luck.Ok now...Weren't...
- Discussion threads 2006-03-01
- Appeals court ponders Microsoft patent case
- Appeals court ponders Microsoft patent caseMS should win this on appealThis patent is ridiculous. It is like trying to patent the idea of wheels on cars and suing ford or GM. Sorry for the lame auto example but this is a case if, it stands of legal theft....
- Discussion threads 2004-12-09
- Berners-Lee, Metcalfe kick off MIT tech conference
- Kicking off the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Emerging Technologies Conference this morning was World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) director Sir Tim Berners-Lee (inventor of the World Wide Web, knighted at Buckingham palace last year) as the lead-off speaker and Ethernet inventor Bob Metcalfe as the master of ceremonies. Seeing these two together...
- Blog posts 2004-09-29
- Two strikes for Eolas
- Two strikes for EolasGood news for EVERYONE!You know it is.Perhaps patent law should be a bit more like trademark law?As with trademarks, maybe patent holders should be obligated to protect their patents or risk losing them.This patent was applyed for in 1994 and granted in 1998. Web browsers were using...
- Discussion threads 2004-08-18
- Microsoft appeals Eolas decision
- Microsoft appeals Eolas decisionPatent office needs revampingNot just for Microsoft, but for the entire industry. Software, processes, concepts, whatever, . . the patent office acts like its swamped because it is and its causing delays and misapplies, and this year as such has been courting patents left and right....
- Discussion threads 2004-06-08
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