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- RIM and Motorola sue each other in silly patent dispute
- RIM and Motorola sue each other in silly patent disputeRed HerringThe patent suit is a red herring you are writing about. The real issue is the "royalty fee structure is “exorbitant". This, of course, is very clear to both parties and a lawsuit is what brings them to the...
- Tags: patent suit, silly patent dispute, Research In Motion Ltd., Motorola Inc., patent dispute, patent
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- Sharp files LCD patent suit against Samsung
- Sharp files LCD patent suit against SamsungWill be interestingKnowing that Japan has 1/10 the per capita "resource" of lawyers, compared to the US, I wonder how the apparently growing rate of corporate lawsuits threre will change that dynamic. I also wonder if the long-standing animosity between Japan and Korea will...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sharp Corp., LCD patent suit, LCD, patent suit
- Discussion threads 2007-12-12
- First patent suit against Linux has a Kevin Bacon-esque connection to Microsoft
- First patent suit against Linux has a Kevin Bacon-esque connection to MicrosoftI LOVE Prior ArtEspecially where Patent Trolls are concerned. I feel a reexamination request coming soon.Not to Mention GEMWhich came out in the late 1970's developed by Xerox for their word processing system. It was used as...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Kevin Bacon-esque connection, Kevin Bacon-esque, Linux HAS, Kevin, Linux, patent suit, First patent suit
- Discussion threads 2007-10-12
- Vonage: Verizon patent suit could bankrupt us
- Vonage said the Verizon patent suit could force the VOIP provider into bankruptcy. Vonage made that statement in its annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the Verizon patent suit was expected to be a risk factor for Vonage bankruptcy goes...
- Tags: Vonage, General, VOIP, Verizon
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Microsoft wins in second Alcatel-Lucent patent suit
- Microsoft wins in second Alcatel-Lucent patent suitMicrosoft wins in second Alcatel-Lucent patent suitGreat victory for Microsoft and everyone else that uses the mp3 format! This ruling plus the one that will be overturned in the appeals court means everyone can listen to mp3s safely. You all should be...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., MP3, Alcatel, Microsoft WINS, patent suit, Lucent Technologies Inc., Unisys Corp., patent office
- Discussion threads 2007-03-02
- Nathan Myhrvold: Invention capitalist
- Former head of Microsoft Research and now head of patent foundry Intellectual Ventures Nathan Myhrvold doesn't mind being called a patent troll video here and here. He wants to be the first "invention capitalist." His company is built around monetizing inventions and patents (Intellectual Ventures Myhrvold has 18 patents to...
- Tags: patent system, Nathan Myhrvold
- Blog posts 2006-04-19
- Microsoft's call for patent reform
- You know the patent system has gotten bad when a company holding 4,500 patents is calling for patent reform. According to the piece in InfoWorld, Microsoft is calling for patent reform in the United States. Microsoft's idea of reform is a bit different from mine, and I don't think they'd...
- Tags: patent suit, patent, Microsoft Corp.
- Blog posts 2005-03-11
- The other shoe drops: Ballmer warns of patent suits for Linux
- Steve Ballmer is telling Asian governments that they could face patent lawsuits for using Linux.Someday, for all countries that are entering the WTO World Trade Organization, somebody will come and look for money owing to the rights for that intellectual property.Ballmer didn't say who would be looking for money, but...
- Tags: patent suit, patent
- Blog posts 2004-11-18
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- Software makers may sue eBay
- Tired of being "stiff-armed" by eBay, the Software and Information Industry Association is signaling its ready to sue over pirated software sales on the dominant online auction site, PC World reports. SIIA has offered eBay several suggestions for stemming the sale of pirated software on...
- Tags: Software, Software Information Industry Association, eBay Inc., Tiffany, Tools & Techniques, Piracy, Sales Strategy, Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Scrabble-Scrabulous standoff spells L-A-W-S-U-I-T
- Hasbro said it has filed suit in the Southern District of New York against Rajat Agarwalla, Jayant Agarwalla, and RJ Softwares, better known as the creators of the popular Facebook application Scrabulous. It was only a matter of time before the Scrabble-Scrabulous feud came to a head, and that...
- Tags: Facebook, Hasbro Inc., Games, Intellectual Property, Personal Technology, Research & Development, Business Operations, lawsuit, Scrabulous, Hasbro, Tom Magrino, GameSpot
- News items 2008-07-25
- Ready for real Indian medicine?
- Ready for real Indian medicine?Reply from C.A. ChienDear Mr. Blankenhorn:Thanks for your note. To clarify: (1) I wanted to document my inventive system-design and inter-connection work on [i]Medical Onshoring[/i]; thus, the USPTO filing; (2) as to the "how," head to --http://tinyurl.com/6c4tj4" .. Covering the professional world (e.g., health care, computing),...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, Medical Onshoring, health care
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."My ViewFirst, no one hates Microsoft more than I do - for both practical and ethical reasons. After dealing with Microshaft's endless parade of crap for nearly two decades, I finally abandoned my PC for a Mac. It was one of the best moves of...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-07-24
- Qualcomm patent ruled invalid in German Nokia case
- The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell phone maker Nokia was invalid. HELSINKI--The German Federal Patent Court ruled on Wednesday that a Qualcomm GSM patent asserted in a case against the world's top cell...
- Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones
- News items 2008-07-24
- Qualcomm, Nokia deal ends long legal battle
- Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. NEW YORK--Qualcomm and Nokia late on Wednesday settled a 3-year, three-continent legal battle over patent licenses and royalties for the next 15 years. ...
- Tags: Patent, Nokia Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Reuters, Nokia, Qhalcom, patents, legal, cellphones
- News items 2008-07-24
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it so
- Saying that Windows "Workstation" 2008 is faster than Vista doesn't make it soPar for the course wrt anti-Vista bashers.They believe that repeating something ad nauseum will somehow make it true.Journalism or Rant?I'm afraid you've followed suit rather than taking the high road on this issue. By even responding to...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, RAM, workstation, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2008-07-22
- News to know: Apple, Crapware; Icahn and Yahoo; Brocade
- Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook; Jobs health worries Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Apple reports record Q3 08 Does Apple need to announce a post Steve Jobs plan? Dennis Howlett: Apple chaos theory Jason O'Grady: Apple Q3 2008...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Yahoo! Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Mice, Utility Computing, 3G, Open Source, Hardware, Peripherals, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Qik out of private beta
- Qik out of private beta"The format doesn’t suit video."What am I missing here?Interesting article, though. I'd already forgotten about Qik.
- Tags: Qik
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- McAfee fined $18 million for patent infringement
- McAfee fined $18 million for patent infringementPatent for?"Method for detective intrusive agents"???You gotta love the busted US Patent system. (not; unless you're a lawyer; Shakespeare was right)-MPS: I'm sure someone has a patent on toilet paper.RE: McAfee fined $18 million for patent infringementDownload DeepNine's patent in PDF for free at...
- Tags: patent, patent infringement, McAfee Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- McAfee fined $18 million for patent infringement
- A federal jury in Texas has ordered McAfee to pay $18 million in past and future damages for infringing on a patent held by DeepNines Inc., according to Barron's Tech Trader Daily blog. The court decision, revealed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, was handed down last week. ...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., SEC Filing, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
- Unintended Consequences and the Future of Maintenance Revenue: SAP Jettisons TomorrowNow
- When Shai Agassi called me in early 2005, he asked me a loaded question: How would I respond if SAP decided to take the fight to Oracle by providing third party maintenance for Oracle's recently acquired PeopleSoft customers? I told him it would be an incredibly aggressive move, but that...
- Tags: Revenue, Maintenance, Oracle Corp., Customer, SAP AG, TomorrowNow, Software As A Service (SaaS), Public Relations, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Investment, Finance, Joshua Greenbaum
- Blog posts 2008-07-21
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