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iPod patent spat: Microsoft v Apple
News Attorney Mark Goldstein of the SoCal IP Law Group said some sort of a licensing deal between the two tech giants might make sense. While Microsoft has struggled to challenge the iPod in the market, the software giant's lawyers have managed to slow... [15 Aug 2005]
Europe mulls IP rights law for software
News Joachim Jakobs from FSF Europe said not only might company managers face being tried in a criminal court but SCO could be allowed to join the criminal investigation - as the directive calls for "Joint Investigation Teams", where the holder of the... [02 Aug 2005]
EU reveals phone and email snooping plans
News The latest version of the Directive, made public by the European Digital Rights organisation, aims to standardise the amount, type and length of time communications services providers will have to store details about their customers' phone calls... [01 Aug 2005]
Vint Cerf: If I were young, I'd work on space networks
News In recent years, technology companies have raced to secure intellectual property rights to a range of commonly used technologies that are poorly understood by the governmental patent attorneys that approve the patent applications, Cerf said. [29 Jul 2005]
Cisco spends $61m on consumer electronics firm
News So far, Akimbo's business model hasn't taken off, namely because it is difficult to secure rights to content. Cisco has built a portfolio of products around the Linksys brand, which includes voice over IP and wireless and networking equipment for... [25 Jul 2005]
Negotiating IP on the Way to the Win-Win: NASCIO's Intellectual Property Recommendations
White Paper This paper is intended to provide recommendations from NASCIO's IT Procurement Reform Committee on the ownership of intellectual property (IP) rights in state IT contracts. Section I includes general findings on IP ownership. [12 Jul 2005]
Health insurance giant opts for IT "heart transplant"
Case Study Big suppliers were not interested in HSA's novel approach, he said: "When we approached some of the big suppliers they were unwilling to give us IP rights. HSA then purchased the intellectual property rights to use and alter the bespoke system as... [23 Jun 2005]
EU could veto anti-terror proposals
News It is also possible that the proposal contravenes Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The laws would govern how companies operate SMS, telephone (including voice over IP) and internet services. [02 Jun 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Creative Commons
Cheat Sheet Instead of the usual 'all rights reserved' of standard copyright, artists can choose to reserve only some rights and specify under which conditions they want those rights applied. The organisation understands there are still some people who want... [05 May 2005]
Microsoft update includes five 'critical' Windows fixes
News The previous month, Microsoft had a dozen fixes in its release and later plugged a hole in the digital rights technology within Windows Media Player. The updates include "critical" fixes to Windows' TCP/IP networking (the standard behind the... [13 Apr 2005]
Patent Prosecution in Pharmacogenomics
White Paper This paper presents a brief overview of intellectual property rights and the various areas in pharmacogenomics to which IP rights may be applicable. Technology transfer, including licensing and business agreements, is not covered in this paper. [29 Mar 2005]
Creative Commons comes to the UK
News Originally the brainchild of Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig in the US, the non-profit Creative Commons has developed a flexible alternative to traditional copyright law which allows the content creator to choose which protections or rights... [17 Mar 2005]
Will IP unify communications?
Comment Cable & Wireless has provided a unified messaging system to the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) whereby voice messages can be read as emails as well as being listened to as audio files on the computer. [18 Feb 2005]
Digital rights management 'could threaten privacy'
News The research conducted by rights holders is usually based on the collection of the IP address of the users. An EU working party is looking into the implications of the spread of DRM - digital rights management - which is often used to protect... [08 Feb 2005]
Lawmakers must 'think global' for IPR solutions
News Simon Moores, director of market researcher Zentelligence and author of the report, said: "I found the industry is polarised between those who want to see changing definitions [of intellectual property rights, or IPR].and those who want to see the... [24 Jan 2005]
