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- Vonage-Verizon patent infringement hearing today: but no decision yet
- Colleague Anne Broache reports that a federal appeals court weighing the patent case that Verizon filed against Vonage heard arguments earlier today but did not immediately reach a decision.Anne thinks that one hint about what the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit may be thinking...
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Forbes: patent trollers fueled by hedge funds, private equity
- Since we are awaiting a Vonage-Verizon patent infringement decision by end of today, this article Ive just read has special relevance. None of the parties in this article are directly tied to Vonage, but I think you might appreciate a broader take on what is going on with all...
- Blog posts 2007-04-24
- Could this 3Com patent be a solution to Vonage's infringement woes?
- Fellow blogger Andy Abramson writes that Ken Rutkowski, with whom he co-hosts the World Technology RoundUp has just forwarded him an email from an engineer who is listed as one of the three inventors of a 3Com patent that covers much if not most of the same ground one...
- Blog posts 2007-04-19
- Intertainer's infringement suit: don't automatically think "Patent troll"
- As The New York Times noted earlier this week, defunct video-on-demand company Intertainer filed a lawsuit asserting that Apple, Google and Napster are infringing on a 2005 patent that covers the commercial distribution of audio and video over the Internet.Based on that information I decided to look at that...
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- Comcast VoIP 1, Dave "Grandfather of Internet" Farber, 0
- And so, as Rich Tehrani reports, it played out in a Texas courtroom yesterday when Comcast successfully defended itself against a $2.2 billion lawsuit filed by Caritas Techologies.Dave Farber, who is often cited as the "grandfather of the Internet," holds a series of VoIP-related patents. That was, and is,...
- Blog posts 2006-11-14
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- Welcome Doug Hanchard, our new government blogger
- I'd like to welcome Doug Hanchard, our new government blogger, to the ZDNet network. Doug is principal of Rapid Response Consulting and is an IT veteran with knowledge of government IT issues. He will be examining the intersection of IT and government, one of the few...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- AMD, Intel patent squabble intensifies
- AMD said Monday that it has been notified by Intel that it is breaching a 2001 patent cross license agreement. In a regulatory filing, AMD said Intel is alleging that the creation of the GlobalFoundries is a material breach of the patent pact. Intel has threatened to terminate AMD's...
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to Microsoft
- Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to MicrosoftMoneyand to hell with progress ..... ????RE: Why Yahoo's ad inventory is so important to MicrosoftBecause Microsoft can't figure out how to build an inventory of ads?Or because they can't compete with Yahoo, so they want to either buy them out or...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- Indian device makers want regulation and get it
- Strange story came across the Internet this morning. It was from a site called Thaindian News saying India's medical device industry was seeking, and getting, new regulations from the government. This seemed positively unAmerican which by definition it was so I checked it out with the story's...
- Blog posts 2008-04-15
- EU probes U.S. online gambling crackdown
- EU probes U.S. online gambling crackdown...Looks like the days of pushing people around are coming to a close. With our economy on the brink of collapse, world opinion at an all time low of our government and a nation of apathetic morons addicted to "reality tv". Yup! our time in...
- Discussion threads 2008-03-10
- Product Lifecycle Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry
- Pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies are under severe pressure to improve product pipelines, accelerate time to market, and improve margins on existing products - while also maintaining strict adherence to quality principles and regulatory requirements. However, drug development is a long process with significant risks, and pharmaceutical companies are faced with...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- News to know: Spam standards; Oracle Fusion re-org; YouTube filters
- Notable headlines: David Berlind: Does payback on email alone make Google Apps' $50/yr. worth it? (Docs, etc? That's icing). Note to all anti-spam vendors: Why your solutions stink and standards are needed instead. Dennis Howlett: Oracle re-org confirmed, Fusion leader ousted. ...
- Blog posts 2007-10-16
- Today's Debate: New drugs or new technology?
- Today's positive investor call on Cardinal Health should lead us to consider this question, namely whether technology or pharmacology should drive medical advances. Cardinal Health was mainly a drug maker and distributor in the 1990s, until accounting scandals laid its stock low. Now, under CEO Kerry Clark,...
- Blog posts 2007-10-09
- Hey readers, what's your problem with Patents?
- Whenever I write a post about Patents- on this blog, on my ZDNet BlackBerry Beat blog, or elsewhere- I always seem to receive a bunch of "what's new about this," "why is this patentable", "ya gotta be kidding me," or in the boilerplate view of one reader- "all patents...
- Blog posts 2007-05-29
- Novell takes MS money, then stabs 'em in the back
- In the "turnabout is fair play" department, Novell announced today that it's partnering with the Electronic Frontier Foundation the people that brought you GPL in their effort to reform software patents worldwide. Novell will help the EFF with lobbying efforts, and contribute "significant resources" to EFF's Patent Busting project. Nat...
- Blog posts 2007-05-23
- Microsoft, just give the protocols away
- Microsoft, just give the protocols awayI wonder sometimesif this isn't Microsoft's entire problem these days.[i]Microsoft just needs to trust that is the case, and resist the jitters which naturally comes from any attempt at tinkering with the cash machine that is Microsoft.[/i]They used to laugh at IBM because they couldn't...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-23
- The EC and expropriation of Microsoft property
- The EC and expropriation of Microsoft propertyMicrosoft needs to understand what is happening.Microsoft needs to come to terms with the fact they can not appease the EC regardless of what they do or how hard they try. The EC as you noted is using their power and position to...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-02
- The EC wants to set prices
- The EC wants to set pricesAgreed. But consider the implications.Aside from confiscating IP, the worst aspect of this EC decision is arrogating the authority to determine what's an innovation.You mock that decision as a means for setting prices. But I think the issue is more important.Consider patents.One of...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-01
- The economics of Microsoft's kill switch
- Would you sacrifice $10 million in sales to prevent $1 billion in software piracy? How about $100 million? How many customers would you annoy? Interesting questions with no hard and fast answers. Those are the types of questions Microsoft (the figures above are only there...
- Blog posts 2006-11-20
- The fair-weather "friends of Linux"
- I just finished reading John Carrolls article Why Microsoft won’t assault Linux and while I agree with his conclusion, I dont agree with his reasoning. John opens up suggesting that a "full legal assault" on Linux would be self-defeating. I dont think so but I do think that...
- Blog posts 2006-11-10
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