IE patent suit heats up

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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

Patent Busting Project by EFF heats up

Patent Busting Project by EFF heats up 06/30/2004 07:48 AM

The EFF has a pretty huge list of Patents that they feel need to be squashed or redefined. Companies have been taking advantage of loose patenting laws and taking advantage of small companies that cannot defend themselves. Well they are now going after the first 10 and will ask the US Patent office to re-examine. [Wired] [EFF Patent Busting Project]

Intermec-Symbol patent battle heats up

Intermec-Symbol patent battle heats up 03/25/2005 07:02 PM
Intermec Technologies  on Thursday hit back in an ongoing dispute with Symbol Technologies, suing the wireless technology vendor for alleged infringement of several Intermec patents.

MLB Online Hit With Patent Suit

MLB Online Hit With Patent Suit 09/09/2004 06:33 PM
Not sure what the deal is today with companies who have been using bizarre interpretations of intellectual property to their advantage suddenly getting hit with intellectual property lawsuits. First, we had the RIAA get sued for patent infringement and now MLB Online is getting sued for patent infringement over some patents concerning the real-time display of game information online. Not surprisingly, it's a small patent hoarding company rather than a company that is actually doing any innovating. Of course, MLB.com doesn't exactly have a sparkling record when it comes to intellectual property freedom. You may recall that they wanted to stop all other sites from reporting in-game data (facts) because they seemed to believe they owned all the rights to in-game data. Of course, you can't copyright facts. Once again, though, this lawsuit is unlikely to make MLB.com realize some of the problems with the way intellectual property is dealt with these days.

Cisco hit with patent suit

Cisco hit with patent suit 06/24/2004 06:18 PM
Washington Times Jun 24 2004 9:11PM GMT

RIM, NTP Settle Patent Suit

RIM, NTP Settle Patent Suit 03/17/2005 03:23 AM
The BlackBerry maker will pay NTP $450 million to settle a long-standing patent dispute.

MS settles patent suit

MS settles patent suit 12/24/2003 09:21 PM
USA Today Dec 24 2003 8:06PM ET

TiVO defends itself against a patent
suit

TiVO defends itself against a patent
suit 02/12/2004 03:20 PM
TiVo wins Pause Technology patent suit.

TiVo wins Pause Technology patent suit

Good news for TiVo today as they won a patent suit against Pause Technology. Pause Technology has a patent on the functionality of pausing TV, buffering live TV, and catching up to live by fast-forwarding. It sounds pretty close to what TiVo does, but a judge sided against Pause. It'll be interesting to see how well TiVo does in its own patent suits against other DVR manufacturers. [thanks Scott!]

February 11, 2004 in TiVo by Matt Haughey [PVRblog]

I really really really hate patents.  When it starts to effect what products do and what can get produced - it's time to stop this madness!

Microsoft settles patent suit with SPX

Microsoft settles patent suit with SPX 12/24/2003 04:55 PM
Boston Globe Dec 24 2003 3:09PM ET

LG Files Patent Suit Against Matsushita

LG Files Patent Suit Against Matsushita 01/03/2005 05:56 AM
Hankooki Jan 3 2005 8:39AM GMT

Microsoft Settles Patent Suit With SPX

Microsoft Settles Patent Suit With SPX 12/24/2003 03:40 PM
AP via ABCNEWS.com Dec 24 2003 2:41PM ET

Microsoft to pay SPX $60 million in
patent suit

Microsoft to pay SPX $60 million in
patent suit 12/26/2003 05:27 PM
The dispute centered on the Whiteboard feature in Microsoft's NetMeeting software.

Other News: JPEG Patent Suit

Other News: JPEG Patent Suit 04/23/2004 11:02 AM
Apple and 30 other companies are the target of a JPEG patent lawsuit.

Gateway Files Patent Suit Against H-P
(AP)

Gateway Files Patent Suit Against H-P
(AP) 05/10/2004 09:44 PM
AP - Gateway Inc. said Monday that it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Hewlett-Packard Co., alleging that the computer hardware and software company violated five of its patents.

Google Settles Patent Suit: Wow

Google Settles Patent Suit: Wow 08/10/2004 05:29 AM

CBS MarketWatch: Yahoo, Google settle legal dispute. As part of the agreement, Google agreed to issue Yahoo 2.7 million shares of its common stock in payment for the license, according to a Google filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

So it looks like there really was something to Overture's complaint (Overture was purchased by Yahoo) that Google was infringing. The size of this settlement tells you that Google was very afraid. The quick calculations that everyone has done about the value of the settlement also tell you something about companies' claims that they can't properly value stock options on financial statements. It's only when you can hide the money from investors that it's an issue, apparently.

Adobe reveals patent suit

Adobe reveals patent suit 07/08/2004 01:48 PM
A small software maker claims Acrobat uses its technology.

Broadcom loses patent suit appeal

Broadcom loses patent suit appeal 06/01/2004 01:38 PM

Ebay Settles Patent Suit With Tumbleweed

Ebay Settles Patent Suit With Tumbleweed 01/06/2004 12:58 AM
AP via Newsday Jan 6 2004 0:02AM ET

Patent owner stakes claim in Net ad suit

Patent owner stakes claim in Net ad suit 01/07/2004 06:22 PM
A company with patents covering Web ads--including pop-ups--is seeking to exploit its rights, beginning with a lawsuit filed against ESPN, The New York Times and Travelocity that asks for monetary damages.

BlackBerry maker settles patent suit

BlackBerry maker settles patent suit 03/17/2005 02:53 AM
Research In Motion is finally settling a patent-infringement lawsuit. The cost? A cool US$450 million.

TSMC files another patent suit against
SMIC

TSMC files another patent suit against
SMIC 08/23/2004 08:30 AM
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC), of Hsinchu, Taiwan, has expanded its patent-infringement fight against rival contract chip maker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC) by filing a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

Sony loses PlayStation patent suit

Sony loses PlayStation patent suit 09/24/2004 01:26 AM
News.com.au - Thu Sep 23, 07:57 am GMT

Apple among companies in patent
infringement suit

Apple among companies in patent
infringement suit 04/22/2004 08:14 PM
Compression Labs, a subsidiary of Forgent Networks, has initiated litigation against 31 companies (including Apple, Adobe, Dell, IBM and Macromedia) for infringement of United States Patent No...

Microsoft resolves InterTrust patent
suit

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

Microsoft to pay $440m to settle patent
suit

Microsoft to pay $440m to settle patent
suit 04/13/2004 07:25 AM
eircom net Apr 13 2004 11:49AM GMT

Gateway settles patent suit with
Intergraph

Gateway settles patent suit with
Intergraph 05/13/2004 04:45 PM
The Huntsville, Ala., company has sued a number of PC and processor companies, alleging that their chips infringe on a patent Intergraph holds for the cache memory design of its Clipper processors sold in the 1980s.

MicroStrategy Files Patent Suit Against
Rival

MicroStrategy Files Patent Suit Against
Rival 12/11/2003 01:13 PM
SiliconValley.Internet.com Dec 11 2003 12:36PM ET

NCR Slapped Down A Third Time In Patent
Suit Against Palm

NCR Slapped Down A Third Time In Patent
Suit Against Palm 01/07/2005 12:10 AM
In early 2001, someone at NCR, going through a bunch of random old patents they had, found one for a "portable personal terminal." While the product it described was unlike a PDA, they decided that the patent granted them the intellectual property rights to all PDAs. So, they immediately sued Palm and Handspring, the two major players at the time. In 2002, the court tossed the case out, saying it had no merit. NCR appealed the case, and had it slapped down again in 2003. Apparently NCR didn't get the hint and couldn't accept "no" for an answer. So they appealed again. Once again, the court has said no dice. PalmOne, which is what became of both Palm and Handspring after their merger says they hope that NCR has actually gotten the message this time and will leave them alone.

EBay Settles Patent Suit With Tumbleweed

EBay Settles Patent Suit With Tumbleweed 01/07/2004 02:03 PM
AP via Daily Press Jan 7 2004 12:19PM ET

CD-burning software prompts patent suit

CD-burning software prompts patent suit 12/15/2003 06:50 PM
A small storage company says its patent covers basic aspects of technology for burning CDs. It sues Roxio--and other companies may be next.

BTG hits Amazon, Netflix and others with
patent suit

BTG hits Amazon, Netflix and others with
patent suit 09/15/2004 11:45 AM
LONDON - BTG PLC, a London-based firm that focuses on intellectual property and technology commercialization, said Wednesday that it has filed suit against Amazon.com Inc., Barnesandnoble.com LLC and two other Internet companies for infringing on patents related to the tracking of users on the Web.

Sony ordered to pay $90.7 mil. in patent
infringement suit

Sony ordered to pay $90.7 mil. in patent
infringement suit 03/26/2005 08:48 AM

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 to settle another patent
suit

Microsoft pays to settle another patent
suit 04/12/2004 10:14 AM
San Jose Mercury News Apr 12 2004 1:47PM 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 patent suit with SPX
unit

Microsoft settles patent suit with SPX
unit 12/24/2003 03:40 PM
San Francisco Chronicle Dec 24 2003 2:22PM ET

Intel Loses Itanium Patent Suit

Intel Loses Itanium Patent Suit 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
A federal judge has ruled that Intel's Itanium chip line infringes a smaller company's patented technology and has ordered the chipmaker to pay $150 million in damages. Intel issued a statement saying it will ask the judge to reconsider his ruling. If the ruling is not altered, Intel said, it will appeal the case to a higher court.

Intel faces patent suit over Pentiums

Intel faces patent suit over Pentiums 05/23/2004 09:00 PM
ZDNet Australia May 24 2004 0:19AM GMT

Suit accuses MLB of online patent
infringement

Suit accuses MLB of online patent
infringement 09/09/2004 02:20 PM
Major League Baseball's Web site unlawfully incorporates patented technology, according to the patents' owners.
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