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Got IT Secrets? This Web Site Will Reward You HandsomelyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 15 days ago (http://feeds.informationweek.com)
Category: other | Tags it, patents, litigation, inventions, prior art, Search All Tags
W. David Gardner writes, "Article One Partners began its business Monday, seeking individuals to contact it with knowledge of inventions that can be useful in patent litigation cases. The company al read more »
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No, Seriously: Microsoft Patents Page Up & Page DownOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 97 days ago (http://gigaom.com)
Category: internet | Tags microsoft, patents, uspto, page navigation, om malik, Search All Tags
Om Malik slams both Microsoft and the USPTO for a patent grant to Microsoft for page up/down navigation. read more »
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Patents: GraphOn Sues Google for Connecting Databases to the InternetOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 105 days ago (http://www.readwriteweb.com)
Category: internet | Tags patents, graphon, sues, google, connecting, databases, internet, Search All Tags
Frederic Lardinois writes, "GraphOn, which considers itself a "leading worldwide developer of server-based application publishing and Web-enabling software solutions," today announced that it is suing Google for infringing on four of GraphOn's patents. According to the complaint (embedded below), Google Base, AdWords, Blogger, Sites, and YouTube allegedly infringe on GraphOn's patent for a "unique method of maintaining an automated and network-accessible database" - a patent that is so broad, it basically covers the complete Internet as we know it today." read more »
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Qualcomm and Nokia end fight and settle on patentsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 131 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: communications | Tags qualcomm, nokia, fight, settle, patents, Search All Tags, ,
Tim Conneally writes, "Since 2006, Finnish Cell phone producer Nokia and California chipmaker Qualcomm have been engaged in an intellectual property battle which began as a disagreement over patent licensing royalties. Just as the two companies were scheduled for a federal trial, they reached an amicable solution." read more »
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U.S. trade body to probe Sony on Blu-ray.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 233 days ago (http://news.zdnet.com)
Category: hardware | Tags sony, blu-ray, patents, controversy, Search All Tags, , ,
The U.S. International Trade Commission is launching a probe regarding patent violations by Sony, Nokia, Motorola, Matsushita Electric, and others based on a complaint filed by Gertrude Neumark Roths read more »
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Improved Ogg Theora coming soon to an Internet near you.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 331 days ago (http://www.linux.com)
Category: software | Tags ogg, theora, vorbis, patents, xvid, Search All Tags, ,
Robin Miller reports on the open video standard scene and reports that things currently all that great. The patent mindfield has made the development of an open video standard extremely hard. Xvid cr read more »
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Buffalo's Wi-Fi Shutdown over Patents.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 389 days ago (http://www.smallnetbuilder.com)
Category: network | Tags buffalo, technologies, csiro, patents, Search All Tags, , ,
Buffalo Technologies has had to shutdown their Wi-Fi sales in the United States after losing a patent lawsuit with Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) ov read more »
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Microsoft-Novell Patent Deal - An Inglorious History.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 389 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: software | Tags microsoft, novell, patents, history, Search All Tags, , ,
Mary Jo Foley offers an interesting retrospective on Microsoft & Novell's technology partnership and the many challenges it has faced. read more »
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