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America Invents Act Signed into Law By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 16, 2011 Patent law is revised, but is it a good thing for tech's biggest patent holder? Tags: IBM, patent lawsuit, patents Google Acquires More Patents to Defend Android By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published September 15, 2011 Google is buying another 1,023 patents in a bid to bolster its intellectual property stance against Microsoft and others. Tags: patents, mobile, Android, Google Google Buys IBM Patents By Datamation.com Staff | Article Published July 29, 2011 In mid-July Google acquired more than 1,000 new patents. Tags: patents IBM Celebrates 100th Anniversary of its First Patent By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published July 25, 2011 One hundred years ago today IBM was granted its first patent -- what was it? And how have patents changed (or not) in the last hundred years? Tags: patents, IBM MasterObjects Sues Microsoft Over 'Instant Search' By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published May 20, 2011 A small search developer claims it originated 'instant search' features in your favorite search engine, and wants the big players to pay up Tags: search, lawsuits, Microsoft, MasterObjects, patents Novell Sale to Attachmate Completed By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published April 27, 2011 $2.2 billion bid to take Novell private is closed as patent deal is reached. Tags: open source, Linux, Novell, patents, Attachmate Apple Planning Graphics Pen, New Input Devices? By David Needle | Article Published February 07, 2011 Patent filings by Apple point to interest in input devices. Which markets are they likely to go after? Tags: MacBook Air, patents, Apple, iPad apps, iphone apps Microsoft Sues TiVo for Patent Infringement Again By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published January 26, 2011 DVR creator TiVo finds itself in Microsoft's legal sights over four patents. Tags: software, patents, TiVo, Microsoft, lawsuits Open Source Group Challenges Attachmate Bid for Novell By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published January 03, 2011 Will European regulators delay acquisition of Novell over patent issues? Tags: Attachmate, open source, patents, Microsoft, Novell Judge Tells Microsoft Co-founder to Refile Suit By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published December 13, 2010 A federal judge tossed out the patent lawsuit filed by one of Paul Allen's companies because it lacked enough detail. Tags: Paul Allen, lawsuits, Microsoft, patents, licensing Supremes to Hear Microsoft's i4i Appeal By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published November 29, 2010 Microsoft's appeal to the Supreme Court over a patent infringement judgment is accepted. Tags: i4i, patents, Microsoft, XML, lawsuits LinuxCon: Open Source Patent Crisis Is Not Going Away By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published August 12, 2010 Lawyer Eben Moglen cheers the free and open source software movement's achievements, but warns about what's needed to defend it in a world where sharing and profit must coexist. Tags: Linux, patents, Linux downloads, Linux desktop, Patent Reform Microsoft Settles Patent Row with BackWeb By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published June 04, 2010 Sometimes it just makes sense to settle lawsuits than to fight them out for years in the courts. Is that the message that Microsoft is sending lately? Tags: patents, lawsuits, lawsuit, Microsoft Microsoft Pays $200 Million to Settle Patent Tiff By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published May 17, 2010 Microsoft has had a hard time lately winning over juries in patent disputes. In the VirnetX case, the software titan decided to settle out of court. Will that become a pattern? Tags: VirnetX, intellectual property, patents, Microsoft, lawsuits Microsoft Strikes Out With The Patent Office By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published May 12, 2010 The software giant once again fails in its legal battle against a small Toronto company over an XML editor that it has long since removed from its word processor. Tags: i4i, patents, software, Microsoft, lawsuits Red Hat, Novell Win Open Source Patent Case By Sean Michael Kerner | Article Published May 03, 2010 Linux vendors join forces to win a critical battle and stave off claims of patent infringement. Tags: intellectual property, Linux, Novell, Red Hat, patents Court Denies Rehearing of Microsoft's I4i Appeal By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published April 02, 2010 Microsoft's request for an 'en banc' rehearing by the appeals court regarding i4i's patent infringement verdict against the software giant is turned down. So what's next? An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court? Tags: lawsuits, Microsoft, patents, appeals, i4i Microsoft Sued Over Zune FM Radio Patents By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published March 26, 2010 What does an eye doctor with a penchant for inventions have to do with Microsoft's Zune, and will the company ante up with him in a patent dispute or fight to the finish? Tags: lawsuits, windows phone 7 series, Zune, Microsoft, patents Microsoft King of the Patents Hill for Third Year By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published March 22, 2010 In the annual race to win as many patents as possible, Microsoft ends up in front at least in the software category. So how valuable are those patents to a company the size of Microsoft? Tags: lawsuits, Microsoft, IEEE, patents, lawsuit Microsoft Sues TiVo Over DVR Patents By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published January 20, 2010 Is it a move to indemnify AT&T for TiVo's patent suit regarding U-verse? Tags: Microsoft, AT&T, patents, TiVo, lawsuit Microsoft Loses Office i4i XML Patent Appeal By Stuart J. Johnston | Article Published December 22, 2009 Analysts say patent litigation may just be the new cost of doing business in an increasingly complex product environment. Tags: lawsuits, i4i, patents, Microsoft Patent Licensing Firm Sues IBM over ASIC By - Reuters | Article Published July 14, 2009 The suit concerns the fabrication and sales of a chip and application in the ASIC products. Tags: media, patents, IBM, IT |
