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Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft

Horrible PrecedentA judge over turning what a jury has already ruled, is setting a very bad precedent. This basically means if a judge doesn't like the a way a case came out, he can simply change it. Which means, whats the point of a jury?As for their reasoning, a software...

Tags: patent verdict, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-30

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Uniloc will appeal loss of $388m verdict against Microsoft

people's voices must prevailand M$ must pay the piper.What if the Judge was right on the law?Should Microsoft (and stop the childish M$, will ya?) still pay because 12 jurors either didn't understand the subtle differences or hate MS (imagine 12 jurors like you Linux Geek)?If MS did due dilligence...

Tags: Linux, NOW IT, juror, Microsoft Corp., Linux Geek

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

Uniloc will appeal loss of $388m verdict against Microsoft

Uniloc will appeal a federal judge's nullification of huge jury award in patent case against Microsoft. by Richard Koman

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-10-01

News to know: Microsoft, ICANN, Best Buy, RIM, mobile apps, Zimbra

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Richard Koman: Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft CNET: Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement rulin Sam...

Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, ICANN, Dana Blankenhorn, Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Sales, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft

Jury verdict in product activation patent case was wrong, judge finds. by Richard Koman

Tags: Verdict, Microsoft Corp., Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-30

MSI X340 might be the best laptop you've never heard of

Glossy LCD? No thanksA Lenovo X300 from the Lenovo Outlet for about $1100 seems to be the best deal to me. For an extra $400 beyond the MSI you get a fast SSD, higher resolution non-glossy display though the viewing angle and contrast is rather disappointing, a second processing core,...

Tags: Notebooks, MSI web site, MSI, laptop computer, MSI X340

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Court overturns $358m verdict against Microsoft

If we only had real hope...If we only had real hope that sanity would return to the realm of patents. The current system of rubber stamping every patent application combined with outrageous damage awards has gotten out of control. We need real patent reform and we need it yesterday.RE: Court...

Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-13

Court overturns $358m verdict against Microsoft

Court: Damages for a patent infringement on one little widget in Microsoft Outlook should not be based on the value of the whole software package. by Richard Koman

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-12

Court stays ban on Microsoft Word sales

Microsoft can keep selling Microsoft Word - at least until its appeal of a patent infringement verdict is heard. In a good call, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals stayed a Texas federal court's injunction -- which would have been effective as of Oct. 10 -- against sales of...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Sales Strategy, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Sales, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-09-04

Works of Edith Wharton. FREE Author's biography & story in the trial (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference, Manstey

Software downloads 2009-09-01

Works of Edith Wharton. FREE Author's biography & stories in the trial 11.1 (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference, Manstey

Software downloads 2009-09-01

MSFT appeals judge's block of Word

Microsoft filed its appeal in the patent case that could block Redmond from selling Word 2003 and 2007, The Wall Street Journal reports. A May decision dinged Microsoft $290 million for infringing patents owned by i4i Inc. of Toronto. In the appeal, Microsoft said the injunction would...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-26

Microsoft cries the sky will fall if injunction not stayed

Can the world survive without the latest version of Word? Microsoft thinks not. Facing an injunction of sales of the Office flagship over a patent violation, Microsoft asked to stay the injuction while it appeals a $290 million verdict that found it violated i4i's patents, PC World reports. ...

Tags: Word-processing, Injunction, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-08-19

I4i says not out to destroy Microsoft Word

"but we think it the verdict is fair"Well yeah, the winner usually does.RE: I4i says not out to destroy Microsoft WordThis guy is a liar. Microsoft needs to appeal the ruling otherwise any office suite may be in jeopardy. Not only that but i4i just immediately gave itself...

Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Corp., patent, I4i, XML

Discussion threads 2009-08-12

News to know: Windows 7; Apple; Yahoo bonuses; Palm

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Verdict: Windows 7 - Like Vista, just a bit easier to use and less annoying Ed Bott: Database glitch causes Windows 7 download...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Yahoo! Inc., Palm Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-05-01

Where

WhereWhile the methodology is interesting......what an absurd, grandstanding, self-aggrandizing public disclosure. Since bin Laden has by now read the article he knows his cover has been blown and has split to somewhere else. This information should have been kept under wraps until the feds/military had either acted or...

Tags: Bush, Osama bin Laden, Obl, Sam

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

Limelight by the numbers: Akamai's thorn?

Limelight Networks may have won a medal for its role behind the scenes to keep NBCOlympics.com humming, but the company is still dwarfed by its largest rival Akamai. The big question: Does Limelight have enough headroom to gain meaningful share from Akamai? Jason Perlow detailed how content...

Tags: Patent, Akamai Technologies Inc., Limelight Networks, Jason, Company, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-18

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

Is Trend Micro-Barracuda case a hair on fire moment?

Matt Asay thinks so. He's certain of it in fact. (Picture from Learn-Shiatsu of the UK.) Matt says Trend Micro is making claims for its patent (number 5,623,600 if you're scoring at home) that make open source anti-virals illegal. He may...

Tags: Patent, Open Source, Trend Micro Inc., Barracuda Networks, Matt Asay, Register, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-29

Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?

Over the summer, a jury handed down a record-setting award in a patent infringement case against Microsoft: $1.5 billion. Alcatel-Lucent claimed Microsoft had infringed their patents in the "backup HQ encoder" in Windows Media Player. The jury calculated the damages by giving Alcatel-Lucent 0.5 percent of the average cost of...

Tags: Patent, Perlman, Microsoft Windows, Intellectual Property, Operating Systems, Software, Research & Development, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-13