anti-patent
RSS anti-patentMicrosoft rolls over for EU antitrust ruling
News In addition, Microsoft will not pursue patent disputes with programmers over alleged patent infringements, limiting its attentions to software distributors and end users. Kroes added: "I told Microsoft that it should give legal security to... [23 Oct 2007]
Intro to Gateway Scanning 101
White Paper Amarillo College deployed Content Security Gateway appliances, developed by gateway anti-virus pioneers and powered by patent-pending stream-based scanning technology, stops malware at the gateway without stopping the internet. [22 Jun 2007]
IBM sues Amazon over IP infringement
News IBM has also been slammed as hypocritical by some anti-patent campaigners following a decision last year to allow open source developers to use 500 software patents without fear of an infringement lawsuit. [24 Oct 2006]
Qualcomm goes to war with Nokia in UK
News Chipmaker and mobile IP company Qualcomm has unleashed the lawyers on Nokia, accusing the world's largest handset maker of patent infringement. Nokia in turn was one of a number of companies which earlier complained to the EU accusing Qualcomm of... [24 May 2006]
Qualcomm-Nokia spat takes buddy movie turn
News Qualcomm sued Nokia late last year, claiming patent infringement, while the Finnish handset giant lodged a complaint with the EU accusing the chipmaker of anti-competitive behaviour. Qualcomm has admitted in a regulatory filing that it and Nokia... [21 Apr 2006]
Munich's Linux migration was held up by PR stunt
News Software patent campaigner Florian Mueller revealed this week that the City of Munich's decision to stall its Linux migration was the result of a PR stunt by anti-patent campaigners. In his book, No Lobbyists As Such, which was published on Tuesday... [30 Mar 2006]
Microsoft triumphs over anti-piracy patent suit
News A Texas lawyer has lost a patent lawsuit over anti-piracy technology embedded in Microsoft's product activation program. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has affirmed a district court's decision, which said that Microsoft did not... [28 Mar 2006]
Qualcomm sues Nokia over GSM building blocks
News Qualcomm has filed a suit against Nokia accusing the leading handset-maker of patent infringement. Qualcomm is now seeking monetary damages from Nokia and a ban on the Finnish company's sale of any 'patent infringing' equipment. [07 Nov 2005]
Big guns hit Qualcomm with EC 3G lawsuit
News The patent for CDMA2000 is exclusively owned by Qualcomm, while W-CDMA, a different flavour of 3G, is only partially derived from Qualcomm's technology. A number of the biggest names in the mobile industry have lodged a complaint with the European... [28 Oct 2005]
EU attempting to legalise patents 'by the back door'
News The European Commission is attempting to legalise software patents through the introduction of the EU Community Patent, according to an anti-patent campaigner. The introduction of a Community Patent would allow inventors to obtain a single patent... [07 Oct 2005]
The anti-establishment vote
AS Analysis The anti-establishment contingent won two more spots: anti-software patent activist Florian Mueller (number 43), and Simon Davies and Gus Hosein (45). Free software advocate Richard Stallman also got the nod at number 29 for his vocal role in the... [26 Sep 2005]
Florian Mueller
AS Profile Florian Mueller debuts on the Agenda Setters list for his role as an anti-software patent activist. The EU software patent directive was voted down earlier this year but the issue is far from resolved. [23 Sep 2005]
Symantec secures WholeSecurity
News The patent-pending software looks at malicious behaviour as well as good behaviour to assess the risk. Symantec currently offers limited anti-phishing capabilities through its Brightmail anti-spam products. [23 Sep 2005]
Patent bullies may face GPL 3 penalty clause
News It is not certain at present whether anti-software patent and anti-DRM clauses will actually make it into GPL 3, said Greve. GPL version 3, a draft of which will be released in January 2006, may contain a patent retaliation clause, Georg Greve, the... [07 Sep 2005]
Linux founder defends trademark action
News Torvalds did not comment on this issue in his mailing list posting but the founder of a prominent anti-software-patent site has leapt to his defence. Software patents are a power play that benefits anti-competitive forces and productless... [22 Aug 2005]
