Summary: The patent-trolling spinoff of Bill Gates and Microsoft carries on destroying the Internet and extorting competition
Microsoft generates top patent trolls, it does not only feed some patent trolls with extra cash which they in turn use to attack GNU/Linux with lawsuits.
Summary: Microsoft’s new direction continues to include “enforcement” (as in aggression) with software patents and Finjan, which Microsoft partly owns, is just attacking companies with software patents because it’s failing as a real business
MICROSOFT is having real problems which we wrote about this morning [1, 2, 3].
Summary: The zero-cost advantage of Android is harmed by the advancement of software patents courtesy of patent aggressors like Microsoft and the patent troll-led MPEG-LA
THE OIN grows rapidly, but its expansion as of late included more controversial companies whose policies are in conflict with Free software but not with OIN’s perspective.
Via Licensing, a fully owned subsidiary of Dolby Laboratories, today announced that ten major players in the mobile industry have banded together to join the organization’s new patent pool for standard essential LTE patents.
First title page of the scientific journal Nature, November 4th, 1869.
Summary: News about patents, ranging from action against software patents in the United States to patent trolls and their use of software patents to terrify US-based businesses
Brett Smith from the Free Software Foundation (FSF) has just issued a call for mail to be sent to the USPTO, urging it “to stop issuing softwar
A company that has acquired 100% of the ownership of a patent for an off-site transcription system – United States Patent 6,298,326 — in order to, in its words, “effectively administer certain patents for technology”, says it will be seeking residual royalties from Apple, for its Siri voice assistant, and Google, for the Voice Recognition technology in its Android 4.1 relea
Summary: A roundup of news about software patents with increased focus on the weakness of the patent system and its ill effects on software freedom
HP’s use of GNU/Linux scared Microsoft enough to put the company under “risks” in its SEC filings, warning investors that HP had become a threat. Then HP bought Palm, which used Linux its flagship product.
Nearly two years ago, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) offered its patent portfolio to Samsung in a backroom licensing deal that would have netted it some $250 million in royalties in 2010, months after the late Steve Jobs threatened to go “thermonuclear” on Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android operating system.
According to published reports, this little golden nugget of information emerged Aug.
I think we can all agree the endless patent lawsuits aren’t good for consumers. Well, hopefully Apple and HTC have seen this light, as they confirmed they’ve settled their patent disputes and have entered a 10-year licensing deal to avoid more lawsuits.
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