LCA 2010: Keeping patent trolls at bay

Free software is likely to come under increasing attack from patent holders in the years ahead and therefore developers themselves need to understand the basics of patents, free software luminary Andrew Tridgell said today.
 

Kodak sues Apple, RIM over imaging patents

Kodak has launched legal action against Apple and Research In Motion, alleging patent infringement. The iPhone and BlackBerry are at the heart of the matters, though other Apple products are also implicated.
 

IBM tops US patent charts again

For the seventeenth year running, IBM has received more US patents than any other company.
 

"Virtually all" Apple devices infringe our patents, says Nokia

Nokia has fired a fresh salvo in a tit-for-tat patent war with Apple, claiming that Apple infringes Nokia patents in virtually all of its mobile phones, portable music players, and computers.
 

Apple countersues Nokia in patent squabble

Nokia to Apple: 'The iPhone infringes ten of our patents.' Apple to Nokia: 'It does not - but you're infringing 13 of ours!'
 

British High Court allows injunction by Twitter

A legal precedent has been set in the UK, allowing the service of a High Court injunction via Twitter. The case concerns copyright infringement associated with the impersonation of a semi-public figure.
 

Secret settlement for Apple, Eminem case

The legal dispute between Apple and companies associated with rapper Eminem has been settled before the court reached a verdict.
 

Buffalo buys into Microsoft patent pact

Microsoft has signed another patent pact with a supplier of Linux-based products. This time it is with the parent company of Buffalo.
 

Microsoft Mono move means exactly nothing

When Britain was the superpower of the world, there was one tactic which its officials used, with great success, to manage its colonies - divide and rule.
 

Software patents loom in NZ

New Zealand is moving towards allowing unlimited software patents in the country. The first reading of the bill, which is now at the select committee stage, resulted in 107 votes for and only 14 against.
 

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