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Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment Once Microsoft overcomes its approach to licensing and software patents, open source could become an integral part of its strategy with it developing strong ties with open source communities, he... [19 Nov 2009]
Could hackspaces hold the key to business innovation?
Comment The company's strategy employed the insight of many hundreds of outside partners, while a 'use it or lose it' approach to their patents - resulting in patents being sold on if they weren't being used -... [14 Oct 2009]
Christian Engström
AS Profile For Engström it is his latest move in his ongoing battle against digital copyright, working as an unpaid activist within the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure, a not-for-profit organisation that lobbies against... [08 Oct 2009]
Skype founders vs Skype: 'You've violated our patents'
News Joltid, a peer-to-peer software company established by Skype's founders, filed a copyright suit against Skype on Wednesday alleging Joltid's technology is being infringed on by Skype users "in the United States at least... [17 Sep 2009]
Code, not patents, for Microsoft open source foundation
News The About page adds companies will contribute code, not patents, which could cause the existing open-source community to avoid the CodePlex Foundation. Allowing these companies to keep their patents will... [14 Sep 2009]
Microsoft accused of 'scare tactics' as judge grants a stay in Word case
News The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday granted Microsoft's motion for a stay, pending appeal, of an injunction issued in August by a federal judge that bars sales of Word that include a custom XML code found to... [04 Sep 2009]
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 makes 'emergency' appeal to halt Word injunction
News Microsoft said that it's trying to remove the functionality found to infringe on i4i's patents, but unless it can do so, it would be forced to stop distributing Word in the US market. For its part, i4i chairman Loudon... [19 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.08.09
Round-Up This week a judge in a US court ruled that Microsoft's venerable word processing product was infringing on XML patents held by a Canadian firm, i4i. The Round-Up can't help but wonder what software... [14 Aug 2009]
What made Microsoft open up to Linux? Ask Novell
News Our use of the GPLv2 licence, as requested by the Linux community, means we will not charge a royalty for or assert any patents covering the driver code we are contributing. Anyone may contribute... [22 Jul 2009]
Microsoft and TomTom call end to patent war
News As part of the deal, as TomTom will pay Microsoft for patent protection related to mapping patents and file-management patents that Microsoft claimed were infringed by TomTom's use of the Linux kernel. [31 Mar 2009]
Minority Report: New iPhone this summer?
Comment Check out the latest from Apple in pictures… Photos: Apple gets to iWork at Macworld Minority Report: 10 Apple patents to watch Minority Report: 10 top iPhone 2.0 apps Photos: Steve Jobs... [24 Mar 2009]
TomTom joins Linux protection collective
News TomTom, the GPS maker being sued by Microsoft, has joined a collective of companies that have pooled their patents in an effort to help defend open-source software against legal threats. Last week TomTom... [24 Mar 2009]
'Right back atcha Microsoft': TomTom
News TomTom says Microsoft's Streets and Trips products infringe on four patents it owns relating to vehicle navigation software. Microsoft sued TomTom in late February, accusing the company of infringing on... [20 Mar 2009]
Netbooks and recession-busting tech headline at CeBit
News Minority Report: 10 Apple patents to watch Europe's biggest technology fair CeBit aims to entice cash-conscious business customers with software aimed at coping with the recession, while itself... [02 Mar 2009]
