cross-licensing
RSS cross-licensingThermo-Calc Switches From FLEXlm to Sentinel RMS for Their Licensing Needs
White Paper The challenge was difficulty in predicting licensing expenses with existing Acresso solution and need to minimize charges for cross platform support. Sweden-based Thermo-Calc Software is a leading... [01 Oct 2009]
Geocap Replaces FLEXlm With SafeNet Sentinel RMS
White Paper Geocap sought an alternative software license management solution SafeNet Sentinel RMS that was able to meet their needs with multiple flexible licensing options, cross platform support, and... [01 Oct 2009]
Yahoo! inks get-out clause in Microsoft deal
News The two companies have agreed to a "limited, nonexclusive" patent cross-licensing deal. If Microsoft falters as the exclusive provider for search on Yahoo! s network of websites - when benchmarked... [05 Aug 2009]
Capability Transfer: Leveraging Licensing as a Business and Learning Strategy
White Paper The global economy and the inter-dependent, cross functional and/or cross geography nature of today's organizations has posed a particular challenge to driving business impact via Learning. How can an... [16 May 2009]
IBM puts Sun contracts under the spotlight
News And while the due diligence process is not anticipated to lead to any nixing of a deal, IBM is seeking a clear understanding of where Sun stands with its complex cross-licensing agreements and other... [23 Mar 2009]
Online Testing Service Adds Biometric Identification
White Paper KRYTERION's core testing technology, Webassessor, delivers tests to candidates in the field for certification, accreditation, or licensing. JNBridge connects Java- and .NET-based components and applications together with... [09 Jan 2009]
GMK Centric Closes Books on IT Management Stress With Virtual Application Delivery
White Paper The firm also had to maintain multiple versions of common accounting packages, causing compatibility and licensing issues. The new environment reduced the workload on IT staff, eliminated compatibility problems, and... [10 Dec 2008]
Microsoft to mash-up its web services strategy
News The twist here is you could pay or dive into their marketplace and let them sell ads for you and use the revenue sharing to pay for the technology licensing. The company will release a beta and website dedicated to... [30 Apr 2007]
Microsoft signs patent pact with Samsung
News As part of an ongoing effort to secure more patent cross-licensing deals, Microsoft said it has signed a pact with Korea's Samsung Electronics. David Kaefer, Microsoft's general manager of... [19 Apr 2007]
Microsoft swaps patents with Fuji Xerox
News The deal is the latest in a series of such cross-licensing deals for Microsoft, which has worked in recent years to both file more patents and to more aggressively license its technology. Microsoft said... [22 Mar 2007]
Why the Linux desktop dream is over
Comment When Microsoft released Windows XP in 2001, the controversy around Redmond's abolition of its traditional volume discount licensing and the cost of upgrading caused a flurry of businesses to explore the possibility of... [08 Nov 2006]
Open source: The new front
Comment This goal can be achieved by four means - through the development of software that is 'interoperable by design' (e.g.inclusion of XML technology in software to facilitate the easy exchange of data across different applications); through... [11 Oct 2006]
Qualcomm CEO opens up
News In a research note out this week, Ovum research director XJ Wang said: "W-CDMA and CDMA2000 handsets involve relatively high IPR royalty costs to the Chinese handset vendors who don't have a... [15 Feb 2006]
Sun mulls GPL 3 licence for Solaris
News Sun Microsystems is considering a dual-licensing move that could raise tantalising possibilities of open source co-operation between Linux and Sun's Solaris operating system but legal issues complicate the possibility. [31 Jan 2006]
Nokia and Kyocera cease fire on patents
News Nokia and Kyocera have settled their patent spat with a cross-licensing deal. The companies had been accusing each other of infringing patents. In Nokia's case, it claimed patents relating to CDMA, a 3G... [11 Jan 2006]
