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Time for businesses to open up - or else
Comment Earlier this year pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline put hundreds of formerly closely guarded patents into an open 'patent pool', to encourage collaborative development of cures for some of the world's most deadly... [03 Sep 2009]
Microsoft dishes out code for inclusion in Linux
News It has also made peace with a number of Linux companies, most notably a 2006 pact with Novell, but has continued to rattle its legal sabre at those with whom it has not struck patent deals. Microsoft said: "Today, in a... [21 Jul 2009]
Microsoft and TomTom call end to patent war
News Microsoft and TomTom have reached a settlement in their respective patent suits, the companies said on Monday. As part of the deal, as TomTom will pay Microsoft for patent protection related to mapping... [31 Mar 2009]
TomTom joins Linux protection collective
News Keith Bergelt, OIN's chief executive, has been critical of Microsoft's patent actions against TomTom and Linux. We believe that by becoming an Open Invention Network licensee, we encourage Linux development and foster... [24 Mar 2009]
Nanotech and web services need cash boost
News The Commission on Friday also reiterated its desire for a system where inventions would get a single patent that would apply across the European Community. The idea of an European... [16 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Do we need GPLv3?
Comment In addition, discriminatory patent deals of note have challenged the enforceability of version 2. But it also created an uneasy truce; indeed, commentators argue that Microsoft has recently started telling people it will... [15 Oct 2008]
OOXML row continues
News The UKUUG is also folding in many other complaints about Office Open XML, such as unresolved patent issues and a lack of completion in the specification's documentation, and is calling for the High Court of Justice to... [02 May 2008]
Legal Eye: High Court's patent sense
Comment There will be some in the computing community who will always remain implacably opposed to all software patents, and will see the ruling as a move towards wider patent monopolies that stifle application... [13 Feb 2008]
Korea Institute of Patent Information Achieves Real-Time Data Sharing With Web Services
White Paper The Korea Institute of Patent Information (KIPI) was founded in 1995 to provide and manage data related to Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in South Korea. Its aim is to enhance South Korea's standing in the... [14 Sep 2007]
Microsoft tactics akin to "patent terrorism" - Sun
News The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to an executive for Sun Microsystems. Sun, which had some... [24 Jul 2007]
Novell to spill beans on Microsoft patent pact
News Novell will share details of its patent pact with Microsoft this month in a regulatory filing that had been delayed by a stock option investigation. The details are at the heart of a controversial patent... [24 May 2007]
IBM still lording it over patents
News The collaborative programming community, of which IBM is a significant part, shares technology freely with licensing terms that often are at odds with corporate patent licensing arrangements. Smaller... [11 Jan 2007]
Microsoft, Novell join hands for OS harmony
News The two companies also said they will provide each other's customers with patent coverage for their respective products. Brad Smith, Microsoft's general counsel, said at the event: Today, Novell is the only company in... [03 Nov 2006]
Oracle's cut-price Linux 'will threaten Red Hat'
News Oracle is taking on Red Hat by offering support for half the price, discounts until the end of January next year and a promise to indemnify customers against Linux patent infringements. Just as significant, Oracle has... [31 Oct 2006]
EC excludes software from patent law
News The European Commission said last week that computer programs will be excluded from patentability in the upcoming Community Patent legislation, and that the European Patent Office (EPO)... [25 May 2006]
