invention
RSS inventionJudge upholds Microsoft infringement of date-picker patent
News While we are disappointed that the court did not affirm the jury's decision on damages, we look forward to an upcoming proceeding to determine the compensation to which Alcatel-Lucent is entitled based on the court's finding that... [14 Sep 2009]
Pro-Linux group snaps up Microsoft patents
News The Open Invention Network said that the patents were purchased from Microsoft by an entity known as the Allied Security Trust. A pro-open-source group said on Tuesday it has acquired 22 patents recently sold by... [09 Sep 2009]
'You can't sell Word' ruling: Microsoft files formal appeal
News It cannot privately expropriate i4i's patented invention. Microsoft filed its formal appeal late on Tuesday of a patent infringement ruling that threatens to halt sales of Word in its current form. In May, a jury ordered... [27 Aug 2009]
Business in the 21st century: Stay tuned for brave new world
Comment We were told it would be more significant than the invention of the printing press some five centuries earlier. Business leaders - take note: web technologies are poised to change everything - economic, political and... [11 Aug 2009]
Collaborative Detection of Fast Flux Phishing Domains
White Paper Nowadays, phishing has become more resilient to detection and trace-back with the invention of Fast Flux (FF) service networks. Phishing is a significant security threat to users of Internet services. [30 Jun 2009]
Telepresence - time to work together
Comment What if, for example, neither Alexander Graham Bell nor Elisha Gray had won their 1870s legal battle over the patent rights for the invention of the telephone? Tired of your comms kit not working well with others? [06 May 2009]
TomTom joins Linux protection collective
News In a press release on Monday, the Open Invention Network (OIN) said TomTom had joined its ranks. We believe that by becoming an Open Invention Network licensee, we encourage Linux development and foster... [24 Mar 2009]
Photos: Happy Birthday Sir Tim's world wide web
Photo Berners-Lee with his invention in Cern, 1994. While working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern), former physicist - and now Sir - Tim Berners-Lee produced a proposal that was to lay the foundations... [12 Mar 2009]
Berners-Lee slams DPI: "We must not snoop on the internet"
News Speaking at a House of Lords event on the 20th anniversary of the invention of the world wide web, Berners-Lee said DPI was the electronic equivalent of opening people's mail. The inventor of the world wide web, Sir Tim... [12 Mar 2009]
eCapture Suite: ROI Overview
White Paper The ability to effectively manage paper content is a problem that has plagued organizations since the invention of paper itself. As witnessed in the recent past, the consequences for inefficient document management can... [07 Mar 2009]
Legal Eye: Are IBM's patent woes justified?
Comment The theory behind them is that to encourage innovation, and in return for making the invention public, society rewards the inventor with a legal 20-year monopoly over their invention. This monopoly can... [11 Feb 2009]
All-seeing I-Ball gives troops remote skinny on the enemy
News In the future, frontline troops could send robot eyes ahead of them to scope out dangerous situations thanks to a new Scottish invention. The all-seeing device, known as the I-Ball, is intended to be thrown or launched... [17 Nov 2008]
Exclusive: 2008 Agenda Setters revealed
News Most famous for the invention of the world wide web, Berners-Lee has leapt back to prominence because of a renewed interest in the next-generation semantic web, of which he is a leading advocate. Sir Tim Berners-Lee has... [07 Oct 2008]
Photos: The tech that holds up the net
Photo The invention of packet switching also meant NPL was home to another first. Packet switching is one of the crucial technologies that made the internet possible. It's 40 years since the technique was invented by a team at... [06 Aug 2008]
iPhone nano: Fact or fiction?
Comment But then it would be a lesser company if it allowed every madcap invention to escape into the wild). It has probably not passed you by that Apple-flavoured rumours have (re)surfaced this week. Specifically that the Mac... [05 Aug 2008]
