patent infringement
Vonage and Verizon settle patent spat
News It ordered a new trial on a patent infringement finding, dealing with a less significant feature to Vonage's service but the settlement also covers that patent, so court action is unlikely to proceed. [26 Oct 2007]
Dell CEO: Linux server sales increasing
News Dell's chief marketing officer, Mark Jarvis, claimed that though the two vendors have had a close relationship in the past, Microsoft had not given Dell any more information about the issue of patent infringement, despite Dell supporting Linux on... [15 Oct 2007]
Vonage loses bulk of Verizon patent appeal
News After months of battle, Vonage has lost the bulk of its appeal in the Verizon Communications patent infringement case. Essentially, US Patent No.and US Patent No.define how phone calls are routed over the internet, which essentially is the basis of... [27 Sep 2007]
Judge throws out $1.5bn MP3 decision
News Furthermore, it doesn't allow Lucent-Alcatel to sue Microsoft for infringement because Fraunhofer wasn't included in the original suit, the judge ruled. Microsoft has won a reversal of a $1.5bn jury verdict against it for infringing on a patent for... [07 Aug 2007]
Novell to spill beans on Microsoft patent pact
News Under the pact, Microsoft agreed to sell coupons entitling customers to use Novell's Suse Linux Enterprise Server without fear of a patent infringement suit from Microsoft. Novell will share details of its patent pact with Microsoft this month in a... [24 May 2007]
OSRM Position Paper: Mitigating Linux Patent Risk
White Paper Open Source Risk Management (OSRM) recently completed the first-ever independent evaluation of potential patent infringement by the Linux kernel. OSRM's conclusion: while patents certainly do not spell doom for royalty-free distribution of Linux... [18 May 2007]
Vonage 'close' to patent solution
News Vonage is close to coming up with a technical fix that could solve its patent infringement problems, CEO Jeffrey Citron said during the company's quarterly earnings conference call on Thursday. He also said the company is working on a solution for... [11 May 2007]
Verizon to Vonage: 'Patently no cause for retrial'
News On those grounds, Vonage asked the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to toss out a $58m patent infringement verdict against it and order a new trial. Instead, Vonage only argued that the jury instructions given in the case relied too... [03 May 2007]
Europe's execs turn to patents for cash
News Patent infringement from emerging market competitors tops the list of threats to IP cited by survey respondents. However, it's worth noting that many of those quizzed had never had to use their patent lawyers in anger: 57 per cent of respondents... [25 Apr 2007]
Vonage gets 'stay of execution' over new customers
News Vonage may continue to sign up new customers while appealing a patent infringement loss to Verizon, a US federal appeals court has ruled. Thorne said in a statement: "The expedited schedule will accomplish the same thing that a partial stay of the... [25 Apr 2007]
Verizon vs Vonage: Patent battle back in court
News The internet phone provider lost its patent infringement lawsuit to telecommunications giant Verizon in March. Vonage heads back to court today hoping to ensure it can keep adding new customers to its IP telephony service while it fights for an... [24 Apr 2007]
BlackBerry blackout: Is RIM overreaching itself?
News This is a huge increase from the two million subscribers the company reported a year ago when it settled its patent infringement case with NTP. RIM's massive BlackBerry email outage this week highlights how vulnerable the company's network has... [19 Apr 2007]
Nokia-Qualcomm licence deal runs out
News The arbitration demand requests Qualcomm's right to terminate all of Nokia's patents rights and licences if the Finnish manufacturer sues Qualcomm for patent infringement after 9 April. Nokia last week made a royalty payment to Qualcomm of $20m... [10 Apr 2007]
HP patently displeased with Acer
News In a clash between two of the world's biggest computer companies, HP is suing Acer for patent infringement. Last year, HP settled a lawsuit with Gateway in which the two rivals each filed suit claiming patent infringement. [28 Mar 2007]
Microsoft swaps patents with Fuji Xerox
News Last November, Microsoft signed a deal with Novell that guaranteed that it would not sue Novell, or those who use its Linux distribution, for patent infringement. Microsoft said late on Wednesday that it has inked a patent swap deal with Fuji Xerox... [22 Mar 2007]
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