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Verizon to court: why is Vonage objecting to our Patents NOW?

InternetNews reports that on Thursday, Verizon urged a federal appeals court to reject Vonage's contention that a recent Supreme Court decision on obviousness justifies the reversal of a $58 million infringement judgment against the Internet telephony company. Verizon had written in its appeal that the April 30...

Tags: News, Verizon, Vonage

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Supreme Court loosens patent 'obviousness' test

Supreme Court loosens patent 'obviousness' testGreat news to see that more obvious patents will get thrown out.But, still a long way to go.Supreme Court is moving in the right direction ...Its about time!Finally.. obivious is outNew applications for the same tech should be thrown out. New tech fields should...

Tags: patent, obviousness, email program, e-mail

Discussion threads 2007-04-30

Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patents

Supreme Court weighs 'obviousness' of patentsThis might help, but patents will still stifle inovation.The best thing we could do is through copyright and trade secret.So will this effect McDonaldsWith there patent on making the sandwich, and Microsoft on the double click mouse which was just passed last year, or the...

Tags: patent, obviousness

Discussion threads 2006-11-28

Supreme Court to examine 'obviousness' of patents

Supreme Court to examine 'obviousness' of patents"I was thinking about it."Just as there are thought crimes, so there is a thought demonstration of obviousness.Yes, some patents are absurd.The problem is defining a subjective term like obvious in a way Courts can follow.Particularly when some ideas seem obvious after the fact....

Tags: innovation, patent, obviousness, aluminum

Discussion threads 2006-11-27

Additional Resources

Screen Shootout: Droid vs. iPhone - Apple.com (Screen Shootout: Droid vs. iPhone)

RE: Screen Shootout: Droid vs. iPhone - Apple.com (Screen Shootout: Droid vs. iPhone)I too would be very bothered by the yellowness of the screen if these pics are acurate.Droid whitesIn looking at each of these pics, the white on the Droid seems very yellow. Is this eactually the case...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Droid, Apple iPhone, Screen Shootout

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Windows and Office cash cows take a hit in Microsoft's first quarter

BURN BABY BURNNice to see Microsoft start the downward spiral.Don't get too happy...Every company has a blip in its future - just wait until the next quarter.When you're on top the only way is down.Happened to all those on top at some point....IBMNovellGMLotusLike so many other companies?But then again, the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

OIN suggests patent reform on the fly

"Bergelt thinks"That does say it all.It would appear that I was right: IBM is a cofounder of OIN, which would indicate that IBM does indeed wish to control Linux thru patents, using the OIN as a front, or "white hat" as it were.This is the game IBM is playing, I...

Tags: OIN, patent, software patent, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Researchers take control of iPhone via SMS

Researchers take control of iPhone via SMS reallyso you thought software produced by Microsoft were the only insecure ones? This is just reality, nothing is really secureRE: Researchers take control of iPhone via SMS LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!Yet another reason I don't want an iphone.I was wonderingWould the start menu still be accessablebecause...

Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart phones, Telephony, Cellular phones, Miller, Apple iPhone, SMS, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-07-30

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...

Tags: patent, Alpha patent troll, Nathan Myhrvold, patent troll

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

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

Microsoft's Chief Counsel Brad Smith urges open source rivals to compromise on IP issues, co-exist peacefully

Microsoft's Chief Counsel Brad Smith urges open source rivals to compromise on IP issues, co-exist peacefullyJust surrender and it won't hurt at allSeriously, unless/until MS discloses which patents have been violated by which packages, their patent claims and their lawyer should be treated with absolute contempt. Furthermore, inasmuch as...

Tags: IP, Microsoft Corp., Brad Smith, open source

Discussion threads 2008-03-26

Big patent law reform on the way?

Two news stories this week indicate a real change to the patent law may be in the works, eliminating key legal roadblocks to open source and Internet innovation. First, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy tapped out a column in The Washington Times, alongside his Republican counterpart, Orrin Hatch. ...

Tags: Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-02-19

Hacking and the modern hospital

Hacking and the modern hospital..and restore!You have to restore from backups every so often to make sure the system works!Very misleading logic....Regarding risk of loss of records...how is this any better from the paper world scenario of a janitor who could take a match to all the paper records...of which...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, SECURITY, hospital, logic bomb, hacking

Discussion threads 2008-01-24

The real issue in the software patent fight

The real issue in the software patent fightThis is why the issue NEEDS to come before the Supreme Court ...The legal basis of Software Patents has never been tested before the Supreme Court. The reason for that is that heretofore all of the litigants in Software Patent cases have...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, software patent

Discussion threads 2007-10-15

Did Microsoft send in the trolls?

Did Microsoft send in the trolls?Patent scopeThese patents only apply in the US. Here in Europe we'll do what we have done for years and ignore them.This suit will be all about The Standard for Obviousness[url=http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20070430121005424]FYI[/url]

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-13

Apple's new kick-butt file system pushes on

Apple's new kick-butt file system pushes onSounds similarto ReiserFS 4... ]:)FINALLY!Competition in a MEANINGFUL way, not just bells and whistles!Open source seems to be good.Sun being sued for ZFS?Isn't Sun being sued by NetApp over patented idea/technology infringement in the ZFS?Article sounds a bit over-hypedalmost to the point where it...

Tags: NetApp, open source, patent office, Beryl, ZFS, file system, Apple Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-05

House votes to overhaul patent system

House votes to overhaul patent systemThank you Marcy Kaptor - big transnational companiesBig Transnational Companies - the enemy has been identified. That would include especially Barclays Bank home of Patty Dunn and queen of identity theft at HP. Lets recognize also Siemens and SAP who today must be...

Tags: Strategy, War-on-terror, al-Qaida, patent system, patent, Big Transnational Companies, innovation

Discussion threads 2007-09-07

NetApp claims Sun's ZFS violates its patents

NetApp claims Sun's ZFS violates its patentsMr. Hitz appears to be a real gentleman.If this is not MS style hype then Mr. Hitz' position is admirable.His concern for the customers of both companies should serve asan example to many (SCO, MicroSoft, and Apple come to mind).Nice to see a company...

Tags: Storage, Network Appliance Inc., NetApp, file system, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-09-05

Patch Tuesday: No Vista hotfixes via Windows Update

Patch Tuesday: No Vista hotfixes via Windows UpdateIsn't Patch Tuesday reserved for security patches?These two don't fall into the security patch category.VCSY can do what VMWare does. VMWare can not do what VCSY does.Now that VMWare is showing the world (including Microsoft who can't produce their own hypervisor framework until......

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, Virtualization, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista, Web browser, VCSY, Patch Tuesday, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-08-14

OpenBSD team mocked at first ever 'Pwnie' awards

LAS VEGAS -- The OpenBSD team has won an award for the most spectacular "mishandling" of a critical security vulnerability.Here's why:The OpenBSD team refused to acknowledge the bug as a security vulnerability and issued a "reliability fix" for it. A week later Core Security had developed proof of concept code...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Wireless, Windows Vista, Wi-Fi security, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Mozilla, Microsoft, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Apple

Blog posts 2007-08-02