Patent fight with Microsoft given new life

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HP memo: Microsoft planned open-source
patent fight

HP memo: Microsoft planned open-source
patent fight 07/20/2004 04:24 PM
CNET Jul 20 2004 8:01PM GMT

How to fight against patent terrorism

How to fight against patent terrorism 01/06/2005 07:20 AM
Attorney Richard Wilder says CIOs will increasingly need to weigh indemnification policies before purchasing.

Techbrief: Patent fight resolved

Techbrief: Patent fight resolved 09/02/2004 09:11 PM
IHT Sep 3 2004 1:22AM GMT

Second Round of EU Patent Fight, Coming
Up

Second Round of EU Patent Fight, Coming
Up 04/12/2004 06:06 PM

Chipmakers take patent fight to court

Chipmakers take patent fight to court 12/22/2003 10:10 AM
ZDNet Dec 22 2003 9:08AM ET

Monsanto Prevails in Patent Fight

Monsanto Prevails in Patent Fight 05/22/2004 05:21 AM
The Canadian Supreme Court says Percy Schmeiser stole Monsanto's biotech canola seed, but waives $200,000 in profits and court costs the company asked for. The ramifications for farmers go far beyond this case. By Kristen Philipkoski.

BlackBerry patent fight flares up again

BlackBerry patent fight flares up again 06/17/2005 07:14 PM
BlackBerry handheld maker Research In Motion is reporting that their patent settlement with NTP has hit a snag. Could the US Patent Office's decision to overturn a key patent in the case be playing a part in the impasse?

Eolas Says Browser Patent Fight Isn't
Over Yet

Eolas Says Browser Patent Fight Isn't
Over Yet 08/19/2004 08:56 PM
Disputing online reports that Microsoft and the W3C have won a round in the tussle over basic browser technology, Eolas says its claims to the patent are valid.

Software patent fight moves to
Parliament

Software patent fight moves to
Parliament 05/21/2004 07:01 AM
ZDNet UK May 21 2004 11:12AM GMT

Xerox to fight patent validity ruling

Xerox to fight patent validity ruling 05/27/2004 10:40 AM
Denies prior art negates its Unistroke IP

CyberMonday Midday: Microsoft Settles
Patent Suit with InterTrust; Wireless
Sees Patent Tech as Growth Key: Re

CyberMonday Midday: Microsoft Settles
Patent Suit with InterTrust; Wireless
Sees Patent Tech as Growth Key: Re 04/12/2004 07:26 PM
AVN Online Apr 12 2004 11:05PM GMT

Wired News: Monsanto Prevails in Patent
Fight

Wired News: Monsanto Prevails in Patent
Fight 05/24/2004 12:12 AM
Monsanto Prevails in Patent Fight

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BlackBerry Maker to Pay $450 Million to
Settle Patent Fight

BlackBerry Maker to Pay $450 Million to
Settle Patent Fight 03/17/2005 03:53 AM
Research In Motion, maker of the popular BlackBerry messaging device, settled a three-year-old patent dispute with a $450 million payment to NTP.

Patent Office asked to review Microsoft
FAT patent

Patent Office asked to review Microsoft
FAT patent 04/15/2004 05:09 PM
Write open source software - and go to jail

Help fight disease and search for
extraterrestrial life

Help fight disease and search for
extraterrestrial life 06/17/2005 05:54 PM
Distributed computing involves aggregating the power of several computers for a collaborative computational task. This involves breaking down complex computing problems and running them on several internet-connected independent computers at the same time. Many researchers are currently conducting demanding experiments in this way with help from hundreds of thousands, or sometimes millions, of others at home. Folding@Home is a distributed computing project that studies protein folding, misfolding, aggregation and related diseases developed by the Pande group in the Chemistry Department at Stanford University. By using large-scale distributed computing, this group has been able to study protein folding for the first time and examine folding-related diseases. Those interested in helping the project can download and run the client software available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. (Spymac's own Folding@Home team is number 11331.) SETI@home is an experiment that searches for extraterrestrial life using distributed computing. Based at the University of California at Berkeley, the SETI (Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence) project allows participants' computers to download and analyse radio telescope data. SETI@home is available for download for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux/x86 and Solaris/SPARC. Einstein@Home was developed to search data from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory and GEO 600 gravitational wave observatory for signals coming from extremely dense, rapidly rotating stars. Lead by Bruce Allen of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Einstein@Home uses distributed computing to search for gravity wave-emitting compact stars and is available for download for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux/x86 and Solaris/SPARC. FightAIDS@home, run by the Olson Laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute, is the first biomedical distributed computing project ever launched. Those running FightAIDS@home can assist fundamental research to discover new drugs by using the structural biology of AIDS. FightAIDS@home is currently only available to Windows users. evolution@home is attempting to uncover genetic causes for extinction of species. Allowing "your computer to do meaningful evolutionary research while you have a cup of coffee or enjoy the weekend," evolution@home is different than other distributed computing projects in that it requires that the user provide the input and submit the results. evolution@home is available for Windows and Mac OS users.

Even as Doctors Say Enough, Families
Fight to Prolong Life

Even as Doctors Say Enough, Families
Fight to Prolong Life 03/26/2005 09:28 PM
Conflicts often pit families who want to continue life support against doctors who believe it is time to stop.

Behind Life-and-Death Fight, a Rift That
Began Years Ago

Behind Life-and-Death Fight, a Rift That
Began Years Ago 03/25/2005 11:11 PM
As Terri Schiavo lay dying in a hospice, a transfixed nation wondered how a 12-year-old fight ever became so bad.

Patent Databases Complicate Life For
Inventors

Patent Databases Complicate Life For
Inventors 04/03/2005 04:03 PM

Sony patent takes first step towards
real-life Matrix

Sony patent takes first step towards
real-life Matrix 04/09/2005 07:57 AM
Velozie Apr 9 2005 12:23PM GMT

New Scientist News - Sony patent takes
first step towards real-life Matrix

New Scientist News - Sony patent takes
first step towards real-life Matrix 04/08/2005 08:11 PM

New Scientist News - Sony patent
takes first step towards real-life
Matrix

New Scientist News - Sony patent
takes first step towards real-life
Matrix 04/08/2005 05:05 AM
Sony patent takes first step towards real-life Matrix .. NewScientist berichtet .. New Scientist reports

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Microsoft to fight pop-ups

Microsoft to fight pop-ups 11/12/2003 02:56 PM
Web-User Nov 12 2003 2:21PM ET

FSF Europe to help fight Microsoft

FSF Europe to help fight Microsoft 03/28/2005 01:42 AM
Technocrat.net Mar 28 2005 4:49AM GMT

Microsoft to take EU fight to court

Microsoft to take EU fight to court 06/06/2004 07:04 PM
IHT Jun 6 2004 11:35PM GMT

That Microsoft XML Patent

That Microsoft XML Patent 06/05/2005 11:19 PM

The coverage from ZDNet says the patent is for the conversion of objects into XML files; but if you read the patent itself, the important “Claim 1” doesn’t even mention XML, it’s just about serializing objects based on using an annotated source file and a schema. I was trying to find a way to write about this without becoming shrill and using bad language, but failing. Fortunately, I ran across a good opinion, shrill but not obscene, penned by Greg Aharonian who’s a real actual patent lawyer and thus qualified. Herewith a little bit of my own shrillness, followed by Greg’s professional evisceration of this extreme case of patent bogosity. [Update: slight correction regarding Don Box.]...

Microsoft Goes After Another XML Patent

Microsoft Goes After Another XML Patent 02/12/2004 04:50 PM
Microsoft has been granted a patent for XML script automation.

Microsoft to fight Linux in Thailand

Microsoft to fight Linux in Thailand 06/24/2004 07:31 PM
Business Day Newspaper Jun 24 2004 10:47PM GMT

Microsoft 'shield' to fight off worms

Microsoft 'shield' to fight off worms 06/10/2004 01:03 PM
PC Magazine UK Jun 10 2004 5:36PM GMT

Microsoft must fight on in NY legal case

Microsoft must fight on in NY legal case 06/10/2004 04:43 AM
Silicon.com Jun 10 2004 9:26AM GMT

Google to fight Microsoft with own
browser?

Google to fight Microsoft with own
browser? 09/24/2004 08:12 PM
Techzonez Sep 25 2004 0:26AM GMT

Microsoft attempts to fight spam by
itself

Microsoft attempts to fight spam by
itself 03/06/2004 01:59 AM
A month ago I passed on the information that Bill Gates had seen the light and realized that spam was a Bad Thing, in much the same manner that he discovered the Internet and secure- (what Microsoft calls "trustworthy") computing. These, I hasten to add, were Good Things.

Microsoft to fight EU charges over
software

Microsoft to fight EU charges over
software 11/13/2003 06:33 AM
Irish Times Nov 13 2003 5:39AM ET

Microsoft to fight its middle-age spread

Microsoft to fight its middle-age spread 07/07/2004 11:06 AM
The Australian Jul 7 2004 3:52PM GMT

Microsoft to fight record EU fine

Microsoft to fight record EU fine 06/08/2004 05:59 AM
The software giant appeals against a record EU fine and ruling that it abused its position as the dominant industry player.

Sun gets second Microsoft patent payment

Sun gets second Microsoft patent payment 04/14/2005 09:45 PM
Companies also are expected to soon release more details on their collaborative efforts. What's it like to negotiate with Bill Gates?

Microsoft checks off patent win

Microsoft checks off patent win 06/08/2004 01:51 PM

Other News: Microsoft XML Patent

Other News: Microsoft XML Patent 02/13/2004 11:54 AM
Microsoft has gotten one of many XML-related patents approved, promising more control over document formats.

Microsoft FAT patent under fire

Microsoft FAT patent under fire 06/14/2004 08:20 AM
ZDNet Jun 14 2004 11:54AM GMT

Microsoft Patent in Review

Microsoft Patent in Review 06/11/2004 10:33 PM
asia.internet.com Jun 12 2004 2:32AM GMT
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Microsoft resolves InterTrust patent
suit

Microsoft resolves InterTrust patent
suit 04/12/2004 07:26 PM
IHT Apr 12 2004 11:05PM GMT

Microsoft Settles InterTrust Patent Suit

Microsoft Settles InterTrust Patent Suit 04/12/2004 11:33 AM
New York Times Apr 12 2004 2:50PM GMT

Microsoft Settles InterTrust Patent Suit
(AP)

Microsoft Settles InterTrust Patent Suit
(AP) 04/12/2004 04:50 PM
AP - In settling with InterTrust Technologies Corp., Microsoft Corp. could be gaining a big advantage in the growing market for distributing music and videos online — to the detriment of competitors who now risk getting caught in InterTrust patent squabbles of their own.

Microsoft pays $440 million US to settle
InterTrust patent suit

Microsoft pays $440 million US to settle
InterTrust patent suit 04/12/2004 07:26 PM
National Post Apr 12 2004 11:19PM GMT

Microsoft pays $440 million to settle
InterTrust patent suit

Microsoft pays $440 million to settle
InterTrust patent suit 04/12/2004 11:37 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Apr 12 2004 3:47PM GMT

Update: Microsoft, InterTrust settle
patent case for $440M

Update: Microsoft, InterTrust settle
patent case for $440M 04/12/2004 04:52 PM
The accord resolves a dispute over digital rights management technology.

Microsoft Corp. pays US$440 million to
settle InterTrust patent suit

Microsoft Corp. pays US$440 million to
settle InterTrust patent suit 04/12/2004 10:14 AM
National Post Apr 12 2004 1:50PM GMT

Microsoft pays $440 million to settle
InterTrust patent suit over anti-piracy
technology

Microsoft pays $440 million to settle
InterTrust patent suit over anti-piracy
technology 04/12/2004 11:18 AM
San Francisco Chronicle Apr 12 2004 3:31PM GMT

Chinese Patent Office Grants Fingerprint
Recognition Hardware Patent

Chinese Patent Office Grants Fingerprint
Recognition Hardware Patent 12/28/2004 11:11 PM
ChinaTechNews.com Dec 29 2004 3:10AM GMT

US Patent and Trademark Office Nixes
Eolas Browser Plug-in Patent

US Patent and Trademark Office Nixes
Eolas Browser Plug-in Patent 03/06/2004 01:59 AM

World Wide Web Consortium Presents the
US Patent Office with Evidence
Invalidating Eolas Patent

World Wide Web Consortium Presents the
US Patent Office with Evidence
Invalidating Eolas Patent 10/30/2003 12:34 AM
World Wide Web Consortium Presents the US Patent Office with Evidence Invalidating Eolas Patent .. se ha presentado en las oficinas de patentes y marcas de los Estados Unidos .. Read the briefing .. News release

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U.S. Patent Office Grants New Patent for
BUGS Carbon Reactivation Technology;
Innovative Biotechnology Solutio

U.S. Patent Office Grants New Patent for
BUGS Carbon Reactivation Technology;
Innovative Biotechnology Solutio 06/17/2005 04:27 PM
Investors Business Daily Jun 16 2005 1:56PM GMT

Eolas browser plug-in patent invalidated
by US Patent Office

Eolas browser plug-in patent invalidated
by US Patent Office 03/08/2004 11:08 PM
The US Patent and Trademark Office has now stepped in and invalidated the Eolas patent. The decision, if it is upheld, will clear Microsoft of charges of wrong-doing.

Patent Office Agrees To Check Into All
That Prior Art On The Eolas Patent

Patent Office Agrees To Check Into All
That Prior Art On The Eolas Patent 11/12/2003 01:35 PM
The latest in the Eolas patent saga is that someone at the Patent Office has finally agreed to review the patent based on stacks and stacks of prior art that people have been finding. Amazingly, the Patent Office appears to have responded quickly (though, they don't say how long it will take for a new decision on the patent) to the requests for a re-examination of the patent. There's a quote from the USPTO's deputy commissioner for patent examination policy saying that this was an "extraordinary situation" which necessitated the quick response. The problem with this statement is that it's not an extraordinary situation. In fact, it's an increasingly common situation, where silly patents are getting the stamp of approval every day - and then used to hold other companies up for extortion, rather than for encouraging innovation.

Silly Patent Of The Day: Adobe Hit With
Lawsuit Over Hyperlink Patent

Silly Patent Of The Day: Adobe Hit With
Lawsuit Over Hyperlink Patent 07/08/2004 05:05 PM
I think it's about time we came up with a new topic/icon for stupid patents. There are just so many of them these days. The latest is that Adobe, who is no stranger to abusing intellectual property rules, is now being hit with a patent over their PDF technology. The patent is for a method of extracting network information via hyperlinks. Reading through the patent, they're basically describing a system for clicking on a hyperlinking and having the system not only download the page in question, but all locally related pages linked from that page as well. Perhaps a useful system, but it seems like this sort of technology was around well before the patent was granted, and it's unclear what it has to do with PDF files.

Patent Office to Undertake New Review of
Critical Web Patent

Patent Office to Undertake New Review of
Critical Web Patent 11/13/2003 03:09 AM
BeSpacific Nov 13 2003 1:29AM ET

Newly Launched Patent Database Opens
Free Search Access to IBM's Open Source
Software Patent Collection

Newly Launched Patent Database Opens
Free Search Access to IBM's Open Source
Software Patent Collection 02/01/2005 09:16 PM
PatentCafe's Natural Language Based OSS Patent Search Engine� Accelerates Software Developers' Use of IBM's 500 Pledged Patents. Freely accessible by the entire OSS community, PatentCafe's Open Source Software Patent Search Engine adds significant value to IBM's contribution by accelerating the integration of IBM's patented technology into the marketplace, helping to foster worldwide interoperability standards. [PRWEB Feb 1, 2005]

Patent Office Reviews Disputed Web
Patent

Patent Office Reviews Disputed Web
Patent 11/14/2003 04:41 AM
BizReport.com Nov 14 2003 4:18AM ET

The Patent Office is going to re-examine
the Eolas patent

The Patent Office is going to re-examine
the Eolas patent 11/13/2003 08:53 AM

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Patent office to re-examine Eolas patent

Patent office to re-examine Eolas patent 11/12/2003 01:14 PM

Eolas patent defended before US patent
office

Eolas patent defended before US patent
office 05/13/2004 07:48 AM
Computer Weekly May 13 2004 12:23PM GMT

US Patent Office Grants Special Patent
Status to Private Inventor Regarding
Alleged Technology Infringement by
Acterna Corporation�s DSAM 2500 Cable
Modem Tester

US Patent Office Grants Special Patent
Status to Private Inventor Regarding
Alleged Technology Infringement by
Acterna Corporation�s DSAM 2500 Cable
Modem Tester 09/27/2004 03:30 AM
Richard C. Jaworski announces that the US Patent Office has granted his �Petition to Make Special� on his System of Testing the Upstream Cable Modem Channel (TUCMC) patent application. The petition to the US Patent Office alleged infringement of his technology by Acterna Corporation in their DSAM 2500 Cable Modem Test Instrument. Mr. Jaworski has written evidence that Acterna knew of the patent and the technology prior to releasing the feature in the DSAM 2500. According to patent law, triple damages are applicable for prior knowledge infringement as soon as the patent issues. Due to its special status, Jaworski expects the patent to issue in the immediate future. [PRWEB Sep 27, 2004]

eBay's Business Model Patent Mess
Returns

eBay's Business Model Patent Mess
Returns 03/17/2005 03:26 AM
In 2002, someone who claimed he came up with the idea for online auctions and patented it before eBay existed sued the company for patent infringement. As we pointed out at the time, this was exactly what patents were not supposed to do. Here's a case where different people came up with similar ideas. One actually did something with it and built a real company, while the other didn't do anything with it at all, other than run to the patent office. Yet, the company that did something gets sued. That discourages companies from actually innovating. The companies that really do something open themselves up to lawsuits. While a court later tossed out the online auction patent for being too vague, they did award the guy nearly $30 million for his patent on "direct buying" online (yes, he actually patented that). Both sides appealed, and the court has found that, not only did eBay violate the direct buy patent, but it's bringing back the online auction patent as well, saying a lower court needs to check that out again.

Patent-scammers use bad analogies to
defend worse business practices

Patent-scammers use bad analogies to
defend worse business practices 07/14/2004 05:06 AM
My cow-orker Jason Schultz is running EFF's patent-busting project, and high on his list of damaging Internet patents is Acacia Research's patent on streaming media. Acacia has pursued this patent by targetting porn companies and extracting settlements in order to fund a war-chest that it is now using to sue bigger media entities -- presumably this trail ends with orgs like the BBC, CBC, and Live365.

Adult Video News (AVN) interviewed Jason and some of the Acacia people about the ongoing work to bust the patent, and the Acacia people busted out this bizarre analogy about stealing SUVs. Jason's repsonse was classic:

Acacia executive vice president Robert Berman said he found it interesting that the EFF is interested in preserving some rights, like free speech, while being willing to ignore others, like property rights... "For example, if someone broke into your garage and stole your SUV, and put a speaker on the top, and was driving around the neighborhood making some political statement, trying to get your SUV back wouldn't be trying to stifle free speech, it would be you trying to get your property back. If somebody is using your property, you have a right to stop them or receive a license or receive royalties..."

"There's no question now that an SUV in your garage is something you own. But here there's a real question as to whether Acacia actually invented anything new or simply is claiming monopoly on technology that millions of people use every day to express themselves," Schultz told AVNOnline.com.

"And the other thing is, I don't have to break into your garage to steal your SUV to express myself in the physical world. But I can't think of a modern Website, especially news Websites, that don't depend on streaming some kind of audio or video to express themselves on the Web. It has become a fundamental part of free expression online," he continued. "And I would say it has become the predominant method for artists and news organizations to connect to their audiences. [Acacia] doesn't want to own just the SUV, [they] want to own every single automobile and stereo system in the world, to use [their] contorted analogy."

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Whose Patent Is It, Anyway?

Whose Patent Is It, Anyway? 03/14/2005 06:16 PM
In one sector after another, companies warn that China's swift industrial rise is being greased by brazen and increasingly sophisticated theft of intellectual property.

Patent Reform?

Patent Reform? 06/05/2005 11:19 PM

I was reading Business Week and they had a little commercial section with ads from law firms. A couple of them were intellectual-property specialists and I snarled internally; whatever you think about patent law, as a longtime businessman I’m pretty convinced that the IP law profession, while it contains many good and intelligent people, is collectively a giant leech sucking money and time out of the community of innovators. Having said that, two of the lawyers’ blurbs jumped out at me; both about proposed US legislation which would institute a new process, within the PTO as opposed to the courts, for a quick challenge to the validity of a patent. This is important, because today, defending yourself against patent-infringement litigation is insanely expensive, $1M and up, way up. This is why most companies, in particular small companies, roll over and settle quickly when they get hit with this kind of lawsuit, no matter how dopey the patent is. Here are the two reports: Defending Against Patent Greenmail (which begins Patent “trolls” are currently the subject of much discussion...; most IP specialists don’t like to admit that patent trolls exist, but they do) and New USPTO Post-Grant Patent Opposition Legislation on Horizon. I think the high-tech business community ought to get behind this legislation, big-time. Everyone except the patent trolls.

Eolas Patent Taken Away

Eolas Patent Taken Away 03/06/2004 02:05 AM
The patent office finally got one right (though, it took quite a while). Despite tons of prior art, and a patent that was far from "non-obvious", Eolas convinced a judge to award them over half a billion dollars from Microsoft for using embedded applications within IE. Microsoft started talking about changing the browser in a way that would have broken many web sites. After quite a bit of outcry from many different places, the patent office finally agreed to review the patent, and on second thought, are now rejecting the Eolas patent. Did it really need to take this much time, this many lawyers and this much outcry just to get a single bad patent reviewed and rejected? Isn't it about time we fixed the patent system?

Don't fear the patent

Don't fear the patent 06/05/2005 11:35 PM
The European Parliament and European Commission are currently at loggerheads about software patents and the definition of "computer-implemented inventions." The open source community is trying desperately to stop any kind of patenting, while large IT corporations such as Microsoft are trying to lobby the parliament into allowing just about any software technique through. In the midst of all this, doomsayers have been predicting the death of Linux and open source software. Open source projects such as MPlayer are now posting huge "The End Is Nigh" notices on their sites. But things aren't as dark as they might seem.

Patent fight with Microsoft given new life

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