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InternetNews
October 23, 2006
Nicholas Carlson |
IBM Sues Amazon A patent lawsuit involving Amazon.com? You don't say.   |
The Motley Fool
October 23, 2006
Tim Beyers |
IBM's Newest Chess Match Big Blue says Amazon.com infringes on five patents. Does that mean total victory ends with either Amazon shut down, or paying steep royalties to IBM? Investors, take note. |
InternetNews
January 11, 2005
Jim Wagner |
IBM Pledges Patents to Open Source IBM said Tuesday it is pledging 500 software patents to developers of open source software so they can develop without fear. The patents are available to those who abide by the Open Source Initiative (OSI) and use one of 50 OSI-certified licenses. |
InternetNews
September 27, 2006
Michael Hickins |
IBM Pushes New Patent Policies Patent reform may be on the way, but IBM has decided to change the system on its own and is leading by example. |
InternetNews
September 7, 2005
Clint Boulton |
CA, IBM Join in Open Patent Pledge Rivals Computer Associates International and IBM have agreed to exchange software license rights and releases in a bid to bring technologies to the public for open source development. |
InternetNews
March 4, 2010 |
Microsoft Inks Linux Patent Deal With I-O Fresh off of its Linux licensing agreement with Amazon, Microsoft has dropped word that it's reach a similar patent accord with I-O Data Device, a Japanese hardware firm. |
InternetNews
February 22, 2010 |
Microsoft, Amazon Patent Deal Includes Kindle Without much explanation, the two companies announce a cross-licensing patent deal that includes Microsoft gaining a license to Amazon's Kindle. What does the software giant have up its sleeve? |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2003
John Teresko |
IBM's Patent/Licensing Connection IBM Corp. is deservedly proud of decade-long leadership in patent awards, but licensing revenue is the real reward. IBM's secret: Treat licensing as a significant part of business strategy. |
InternetNews
August 12, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
Amazon Settles Patent Case The online retail giant will pay $40 million to end a lawsuit brought by Soverain in 2004. |
BusinessWeek
January 13, 2010
Steve LeVine |
IBM May Not Be the Patent King After All IBM wins more U.S. patents than any other company, but Microsoft's are worth much more money, says a new study. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2010
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Microsoft Bullies Amazon Microsoft and Amazon sign a patent deal, a deal that Amazon couldn't refuse. |
IndustryWeek
March 1, 2009
Jill Jusko |
IBM Remains Atop the Patent List For the 16th consecutive year, high-tech giant IBM Corp. has nabbed the top spot for the number of patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, but U.S. slips in global patent dominance. |
PC Magazine
April 6, 2005
John C. Dvorak |
Software Patents: Microsoft's Fatal Error Microsoft's has a lot to worry about as the European Union looks unfavorably on its hidden source code and patent practices. |
InternetNews
January 27, 2011 |
Microsoft Hits TiVo With Second Patent Lawsuit Microsoft renews intellectual property feud with TiVo, alleging the digital video pioneer is infringing on four patents related to interactive television. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2006
Jack Uldrich |
IBM's Patently Good Idea Big Blue's decision to open patents to public scrutiny could spur innovation. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Why High-Tech Firms Can't Afford to Ignore Patents When it comes to patents, high technology firms are, out of necessity, interdependent... |
The Motley Fool
April 26, 2005
Dave Mock |
The Lowdown on Patent Shakedowns The business of extorting license fees for patents can be very lucrative -- and damaging. It is important for investors to understand how the companies they own utilize and protect their inventions -- and what approach management has taken to deal with intellectual property disputes. |
InternetNews
December 9, 2010
Stuart J. Johnston |
Firm Files Patent Suit Against Security Players Intellectual Ventures, an IP firm led by a former top executive at Microsoft, is charging four prominent security firms and five other tech companies with infringing on its patents. |
InternetNews
June 3, 2005
Colin C. Haley |
BellSouth, Comverse Settle Patent Spat BellSouth will license telecom technology covered under two patents to Comverse |
InternetNews
January 11, 2007
Clint Boulton |
IBM Leads 2006 Patent Hike IBM banks 3,651 patents as the industry sees a better than 20 percent upswing in patent grants over 2005. |
InternetNews
January 28, 2008
Stuart J. Johnston |
Microsoft: King of The Patent Hill Microsoft emerges as top tech patent holder with more than 15,000 patents pending. |
Salon.com
September 20, 2000
Damien Cave |
Apple's "1-click" deal leaves a sour taste Since when does a computer maker need to license technology from a retailer like Amazon? |
InternetNews
January 30, 2006
Susan Kuchinskas |
Suit hits Amazon, Target In a suit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, Registrar Systems claims that Amazon.com's e-commerce technology platform improperly uses their system. |
InternetNews
May 20, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
A Primer on Software Patents A closer look at software patents and at their history and implications for IT. |
InternetNews
July 14, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Streaming Media Dispute Closer to Trial A preliminary Markman Order sets out the terms of the patent infringement dispute between Acacia and 11 porn sites. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Litigating for Profit Some of IT's biggest profits are found in the courtroom. |
InternetNews
January 13, 2005
Jim Wagner |
IBM's Patent Pledge Ripples Open Sourcers Reaction to IBM's pledge to free 500 of its software patents to the open source community has varied, ranging from praise to panning the software patent process itself. |
Bank Technology News
January 2004
Karen Krebsbach |
Bight Ideas Financial services firms are deluging the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office with applications, which soared 15-fold between 1995 and 2002. Patent attorney Dale Lazar urges banks to get in line: converting valuable ideas into assets can pay off big time. |
InternetNews
July 11, 2007
Sean Michael Kerner |
IBM Extends Patent Pledge IBM has added over 150 key standards specifications and protocol implementations to its list of items it's willing to share in an effort to make software more interoperable. |
Wall Street & Technology
September 19, 2006
Paul Allen |
Patent Processing For both the patent holders and potential transgressors, technology patents can be a high-stakes game in the financial world, in both monetary awards and ongoing business feasibility. |
Information Today
October 16, 2006
K. Matthew Dames |
The Patent System on Tilt: IBM Seeks to Change the Game IBM wants to change the way the patent system works, holding itself out as an exemplar of openness. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
IBM's Secret Weapon For Big Blue, invention is the mother of revenue. |
InternetNews
August 6, 2010 |
Microsoft-Salesforce Deal: Who Won? What's behind the settlement between a rising power in the cloud and software-as-a-service and software colossus Microsoft, which is trying to make its own inroads into the area? |
InternetNews
January 21, 2005
Sean Michael Kerner |
HP, Intergraph Settle Patent Dispute The settlement dismisses all legal spats to date between the companies. |
InternetNews
March 30, 2009
Stuart J. Johnston |
TomTom Settles Patent Fight With Microsoft After more than a month of suit and countersuit, the navigation device vendor agrees to pay Microsoft for patent rights. |
Wired
June 2000
Evan Ratliff |
Patent Upending The invention police can't stand Greg Aharonian, who says the fuss over Amazon's "one-click" plan is old news. The real problem: The government lost its grip on intellectual property long ago.... |
InternetNews
January 10, 2006
Clint Boulton |
USPTO Joins Patent Quality Cause The United States Patent and Trademark Office teams with IBM and the OSDL to improve the way patents are constructed and issued in the U.S. |
InternetNews
June 4, 2010 |
Microsoft Resolves Patent Fight With BackWeb Microsoft settles patent-infringement suit with Israel-based BackWeb Technologies, a small firm specializing in communications technologies for enterprises. |
InternetNews
November 8, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
Amazon.com Hit With 'Recommendation' Suit Online retailer Amazon.com was hit by a patent infringement suit that strikes at the core of its business. |
IndustryWeek
February 17, 2010
Jill Jusko |
U.S. Patents, International Flavor IBM grabs top spot in 2009 patent rankings, but foreign firms receive more than half. |
InternetNews
November 6, 2006
Erin Joyce |
NTP Sues Palm Over Wireless Patents Will Palm have to pay NTP the way Research in Motion (RIM) did earlier this year for patent infringement charges? |
InternetNews
November 11, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Amazon Gets Patents on Consumer Reviews Amazon was awarded three new patents, covering its purchase circles, search and consumer reviews. |
InternetNews
November 17, 2006
David Needle |
Opti Files Suit Against AMD Opti announced it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit on Friday against AMD over three patents under the umbrella name of "Predictive Snooping of Cache Memory for Master-Initiated Accesses." |
The Motley Fool
June 21, 2004
Tom Taulli |
Research In Motion's Gamble The maker of BlackBerry devices finds itself in a classic catch-22. Uncertaintly over the NTP lawsuit made it hard for RIM to sign partners. |
The Motley Fool
September 16, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Dolby Scores a Patent Victory the Right Way Dolby Laboratories and Research In Motion agreed to bury the hatchet and smoke a peace pipe. |
InternetNews
May 2, 2005
Clint Boulton |
HP, EMC End Patent Dispute Hewlett Packard will pay EMC $325M under an agreement that ends nearly four years of mutual patent infringement claims. |
InternetNews
April 19, 2007
Michael Hickins |
Microsoft, Samsung Cross Bridge Over GPL Microsoft announced today that it has entered into a broad cross-licensing agreement with South Korean electronics maker Samsung. |
The Motley Fool
October 11, 2011
Evan Niu |
A Pre-Emptive Strike on the Kindle Fire A patent troll is knocking on Amazon's door asking for spare change a month ahead of the Kindle Fire's launch. |
InternetNews
February 26, 2004
Susan Kuchinskas |
They Own the Internet Companies that claim to own bits and pieces of basic Web functions are coming out of the woodwork -- and filing lawsuits. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
IBM Opens Up Big Blue pays lip service to the open-source movement. |
