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.
This is just another example of why software patents are idiotic to say it nicely. Any company can sue another and most likely win due to people's lack of understanding about software.
The USPTO has issued a preliminary notice indicating that the famous ‘Steve Jobs’ patent, which describes basic multitouch technology including scrolling, might be invalid, according to a first Office action uncovered by FOSS Patents.
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.
for real
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/09...d-most-iphones
You know I have to say, with how Apple has been pushing Steve Jobs term of going thermonuclear on Android... and Google doing nothing about it until now......
Though I hate patent wars......... With how sue happy they are, I'd love to see Apple blasted to literal hell on this one!
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
Apple Patent Application Reveals iPad Sensible Cover Apple may be operating on a new iPad Intelligent Cover that can display an added row of app icons, as a keyboard, show notifications, and even convert into a graphics tablet. The United States Patent and Trademark Office just lately published a patent application … Study a lot [...]
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.
Oh my, our broken patent system is at it again. Yesterday Apple was awarded patent D670,286, which is a design patent pertaining to the iPad’s “ornamental” design.
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