patents

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Turning Patents Into ‘Invention Capital’

Linux Today  Tue, 02/23/2010 - 03:03

NY Times: "Nathan Myhrvold, chief of Intellectual Ventures, says patent holders are being treated unfairly."


 

Ubuntu and Multimedia Patents: An Introduction

Linux Today  Fri, 02/12/2010 - 16:03

WorksWithU: "...as Ubuntu moves increasingly into government and the workplace, patent and licensing issues are becoming more and more important for many Ubuntu users."


 

Microsoft and A Patent Checkmate of My Dreams - Updated

Linux Today  Mon, 09/14/2009 - 17:04

Groklaw: "Eureka! You could sell the patents to patent trolls, and let *them* be the bad guys. Is that not perfect if you are evil? Not that Microsoft would ever be evil."


 

(More on...) Microsoft Rivals to Purchase 22 Patents to Defend L...

Linux Today  Wed, 09/09/2009 - 13:32

PCWorld: "Patent trolls, known more formally as non-practicing entities (NPEs), are companies that exist merely to own patents so they can sue companies for violating them."


 

Microsoft Rivals Nears Patent Deal in Bid to Protect Linux

Linux Today  Wed, 09/09/2009 - 00:09

WSJ.com: "In an effort to avert any legal threat that might discourage the adoption of Linux, a group of Microsoft rivals is about to acquire a set of patents formerly owned by the software giant."


 

Intellectual Ventures Takes Indirect Route to Court

Linux Today  Wed, 09/02/2009 - 12:03

Law.com: "Patent-hoarding giant Intellectual Ventures has long beat the drum that it doesn't file lawsuits. But now Intellectual Ventures has started selling some of its 27,000 patents to people who aren't afraid to sue..."


 

Linux chief challenges Microsoft to pony up on patents

Linux Today  Sun, 08/23/2009 - 06:03

The Register: "Microsoft's earned the respect of certain sections of the open-source community for its engineering work around open-source and Linux."


 

So What About Those XML Patents, Anyway?

Linux Today  Fri, 08/21/2009 - 12:34

Standards Blog: "The other reason I haven't yet written is equally simple: the latest skirmish that i4i won in Texas really doesn't matter very much."


 

US firm sues Twitter over patents

Linux Today  Thu, 08/06/2009 - 12:04

BBC News: "The three patents outline an "author interface" for distributing alerts and messages from a single sender to many recipients. "


 

Patents, Video, and an Open Internet

Linux Today  Mon, 08/03/2009 - 08:01

OnePeople: "In other words, they are putting every producer and broadcaster (which includes individuals) of video on the web in a position where they must pay rent to the MPEG LA consortium."