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- 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...
- Tags: Patent, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Company, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- EU slaps Microsoft with $1.35 billion fine
- The European Commission has hit Microsoft with an 899 million euro fine for charging unreasonable prices for access "to interface documentations for work group servers" prior to Oct. 22, 2007 and failure to adhere to a March 2004 antitrust ruling. That fine equates to $1.35 billion or so--a big chunk...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-27
- Patent court rules in Microsoft patent spat
- Patent court rules in Microsoft patent spatRare winStill leads me to be that MS support for software patents is misguided, though, even in terms of MS' own interests.Patenting software seems strange...Software patents seem strange because a developer can come up with hundreds of ways under the hood to make a...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, PATENT Process, Patenting software, patent, software, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- HP, Cenzic settle fault injection patent spat
- Web application security firms HP SPI Dynamics and Cenzic have called off the dogs in a patent dispute over fault injection technology. The two companies had sued -- and countersued -- each other over the use of fault injection in Web application security scanner but, in a...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Cenzic Inc., Scanners, Hardware, Peripherals, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-01
- News to know: Mix07; Google responds to Viacom; Credit card passwords
- Notable headlines: Google denies Viacom copyright charges. Full response PDF. Donna Bogatin: Google accuses Viacom of Unclean Hands: Demands day in court.Ryan Naraine: Verisign putting disposable passwords on credit cards.Supreme Court sides with Microsoft in patent spat.Ed Bott: How to get sued by Microsoft.George Ou: 2.5 *terabyte* hot-swap storage...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-05-01
- Supreme Court sides with Microsoft in patent spat
- Supreme Court sides with Microsoft in patent spatEC Looks at Breaking Up Microsofthttp://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200704231401DOWJONESDJONLINE000574_FORTUNE5.htmThe Supreme Court is giving LOUD signals that they intend to limit patentsAnd this is VERY good news! Their will likely be more challenges to overreaching IP claims and this court appears prepared to pare them down...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2007-04-30
- Sun woos FSF with GPLv3 carrot while Linux gets the stick
- Reaction to the Free Software Foundations upcoming revision of the GNU Public License (GPLv3) has been mixed so far, with many participants taking a wait-and-see attitude while others such as Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds actively opposing certain provisions. Now Sun has apparently decided to put its weight squarely behind...
- Tags: General, Eclipse, Java, Commercial, Licenses, Patents, Community, Sun, GPLv3, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-02-09
- Amazon hits back at IBM over patents
- Amazon hits back at IBM over patentsTransparent litigation ployFrom my dealings with Oracle, Amazon apparently has long used IBM's Websphere tools in building its Online foundation, in spite of using Oracle's DBMS. Of course I can not confirm that Amazon.com uses either Oracle or Websphere as tools. These are trade...
- Tags: irony, Amazon.com Inc., IBM Corp., patent, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-12-15
- Sony won't cut PSP price in '06
- Sony won't cut PSP price in '06Go ahead Sony, stay the courseit seems to me that Nintendo is the big winner for this year leading into the next. You've got a PSP that's sold so-so well but a UMD format that's tanked with some movie distributors and consumers, a...
- Tags: Game players, Games, Nintendo Co. Ltd., Sony PlayStation Portable, Sony Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-10-06
- Microsoft loses appeal in Office patent spat
- Microsoft loses appeal in Office patent spati.e., at Redmond it's just another Friday ... :-) ntAgain, the patent system which MS wants so MUCH to be in EuropeNTZDNet, businesses didn't have to "upgrade",they had to "update". There's a difference. Upgrade implies a "new version" e.g. Office XP ->...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., patent, IP, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2006-06-16
- 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...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Eolas Technologies Inc., patent, Web browser, software patent, Microsoft Internet Explorer, software
- Discussion threads 2006-03-01
- Patent spat forces businesses to upgrade Office
- Patent spat forces businesses to upgrade OfficeOh the joys of patents! NT.No biggystill using MS Ofc 2k without the infringed parties patented spat, and have Open Office as a second option, so no new costs and when it's broke, won't fix it just replace it. To heck then with...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, software patent, Microsoft Corp., spat, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2006-01-30
- RIM to take patent spat to Supreme Court
- RIM to take patent spat to Supreme CourtI find this rather humorous and enlighteningPreviously big business saw patents as a way to lock up their corner of the market, and as a way to have playing chips to trade among each other. Only recently have big business...
- Tags: patent, Research In Motion Ltd.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-07
- Microsoft readies new Mac Office
- Microsoft readies new Mac OfficeGood, if that is a plus for Mac usersuse what they want and let the two companies continue to provide whatever they provide to each others platforms. Don't want it, do buy it.The compatibility warning...is a fantastic feature. It has been my major complaint...
- Tags: Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, M$ Orifice, Microsoft Corp., VPC, Apple Macintosh, Mac-user
- Discussion threads 2004-01-06
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