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The Motley Fool September 4, 2010 |
Patently Bold: Paul Allen's Internet Lawsuit Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's company, Interval Licensing, LLC, is suing a host of big-name companies over patent infringement involving some basic, ubiquitous, and vital Web functions like reading news in a Web browser and information alerts. |
InternetNews August 30, 2010 |
Why Microsoft Co-Founder Is Suing Tech Industry In a major patent-infringement lawsuit, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen levels a broadside against Google and many other leading lights of Silicon Valley. |
InternetNews December 29, 2010 |
Paul Allen Renews Sweeping Patent Suit Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen has responded to a judge's order asking for more specifics in a massive patent infringement suit targeting Google, Apple and other tech giants. |
InternetNews December 13, 2010 |
Judge Dismisses Allen's Massive Patent Lawsuit In a setback for Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, a federal judge has dismissed his patent lawsuit charging eight prominent technology companies with infringement, though he is eligible to refile. |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2009 Anders Bylund |
Playboy, Citigroup, and Google's Patent Problem Eolas is about to recast how we should think about software patents -- without really trying. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2011 John Grgurich |
How the Patent Wars Are Hurting High-Tech Well-intentioned patent laws are threatening to stifle innovation. |
InternetNews October 23, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
IBM Sues Amazon A patent lawsuit involving Amazon.com? You don't say. |
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. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2007 Rich Duprey |
No Patents on Thinking ... Yet Over the years, the U.S. Patent office has patented a few too many ideas. The Supreme Court is now spending more time deciding whether a company has really infringed on a patent, rather than automatically issuing an infringement. |
CIO September 28, 2012 Kim S. Nash |
Companies Race to the Patent Office to Protect Their IT Breakthroughs There's a patent gold rush under way as savvy companies seek to lock in the competitive advantage from their IT innovations. CIOs ought to seek patents for unique business methods and other inventions made possible by new technology. |
CIO January 1, 2003 Christopher Koch |
Patently Stupid? It's not clear at the start of 2003 whether the software patent frenzy will cause innovation to flower or be trampled. |
InternetNews October 12, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Linux Providers Hit With IP Suit First patent lawsuit against Linux charges Novell and Red Hat with infringement. |
InternetNews October 4, 2010 |
Microsoft Hits Motorola With Android Lawsuit Microsoft makes good on its promise to assert its intellectual property claims, hitting handset maker Motorola with a lawsuit alleging infringement of nine software patents. |
InternetNews March 30, 2005 Tim Gray |
EBay Wins Patent Ruling If the action is upheld it would invalidate the MercExchange patent that led to a $25 million judgment against eBay over the "Buy It Now" feature. |
Information Today September 6, 2012 Paula J. Hane |
Apple-Samsung Case Highlights America's Troubled Patent System The jury finding in this case has triggered an onslaught of commentary and has also brought up many questions about the nature of the U.S. patent system. The comments have ranged from "software patents are evil" to the U.S. has a "broken patent system." |
Information Today May 2006 George H. Pike |
Feature: BlackBerry: Lawsuit and Patent Reform Whether through the courts or before Congress, the BlackBerry experience suggests that some modification of patent law is not only likely, it's necessary. |
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. |
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. |
PHONE+ December 11, 2009 |
Apple Slaps Nokia with Patent Contersuit The suit by Apple is a move to counter the patent infringement suit Nokia brought against Apple back in October. |
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. |
Bank Technology News March 2001 John Hackett |
In Pursuit of Patents Bankers and their suppliers fear fallout from an over-burdened Patent and Trade Office... |
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 October 16, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner |
Plaintiff: Open Source Not on Trial in Linux Suit Litigant targeting Red Hat and Novell in nation's first Linux patent-infringement case dismisses conspiracy theories. |
The Motley Fool May 17, 2006 Rich Duprey |
A Patently Offensive Ruling? eBay vs. MercExchange was the wrong ruling in the right case. Rather than balancing the power between "patent trolls" and innovation, this ruling could end up tipping the scales against small-time inventors who lack the resources to challenge corporations that usurp a patent's advancements. |
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. |
CIO September 28, 2012 |
Are Patents the Secret to Competitive Advantage in IT? Our editor in chief Maryfran Johnson weighs in on the importance of seeking patents for IT innovation when it comes to maintaining a competitive edge and driving new business. |
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. |
InternetNews December 31, 2010 Sean Michael Kerner |
Notable Tech Law Suits of 2010 The lawyers were busy last year, with a raft of corporate lawsuits flying around the tech industry. Perhaps the most common area of dispute in the tech industry concerns allegations of patent infringement and other intellectual property transgressions, though those are hardly the only challenges. |
CIO August 1, 2003 Lawrence Rosen |
Patents: An Expensive Tax on the CIO Software patents cost you money. Like taxes, they skim from your profit margins, but in this case the fees go to pay for other companies' intellectual property. |
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 December 7, 2009 |
Apple Sued in Camera Patent Spat A firm who's already won millions from Sony and Canon turns its eye to Apple. |
InternetNews May 8, 2007 Clint Boulton |
Amazon Ponies Up to End IBM Patent Suits Amazon and IBM entered into a cross-license agreement to bury the legal hatchet. |
Bio-IT World June 17, 2004 Cathryn Campbell |
Patent Plaintiff Perils Suing for patent infringement may seem rewarding, but you could lose even more. |
InternetNews November 24, 2004 Jim Wagner |
Nick Godici, Commissioner for Patents, USPTO The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has been taking a lot of heat in recent years over software patents. Sitting at the center of the firestorm, and the patent process, is Nick Godici, the agency's Commissioner for Patents. |
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. |
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." |
InternetNews October 21, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner |
EU Patent Fight Comes to the Fore An effort to stop software patents in the European Union got a boost this week with the launch of NoSoftwarePatents.com. Red Hat and MySQL AB are among the high-profile open source companies backing the effort. |
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. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2011 |
What's Fueling the Tech Patent Bull Market? As companies amass patents to sue each other, is it time for the patent system to be reformed? |
CIO August 1, 2003 Mark Radcliffe |
Patents: A Small Price to Pay for Progress For CIOs, the issue is not whether patents should be granted for software but whether anything can be done to improve the quality of the granted patents. The problem relates more to the examining process in the USPTO than to the appropriateness of patents for software. |
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. |
InternetNews April 25, 2006 Nicholas Carlson |
RealNetworks Looks To Squash 'Trolls' RealNetworks secured a patent to protect some of its earliest streaming technologies. |
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. |
Entrepreneur September 2006 Jane Easter Bahls |
Toppling Trolls Patent trolls take a hit in a Supreme Court ruling. |
IEEE Spectrum August 2005 Ben Klemens |
New Legal Code Copyrights should replace software patents. |
Inc. July 24, 2002 Jennifer A. Redmond |
Strategic Patenting What to consider when you're filing a patent and strategic decisions you'll need to make. |
Inc. June 2006 Athena Schindelheim |
Great Moments In Patent History With the blockbuster BlackBerry settlement and a case involving eBay before the Supreme Court, the dowdy world of patent law is suddenly hot. |
IndustryWeek August 1, 2006 |
Patents: Eleven Issues To Consider... How patent savvy are you? |
IEEE Spectrum March 2007 Steven Rubin |
Hooray for the Patent Troll! Patent owners who are often accused of being patent trolls are acting within the law. There is nothing wrong either with them or the law. Far from stifling innovation, trolls foster it. By creating market liquidity, "patent trolls" provide a valuable service to inventors. |