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2007-11-07 US Ars: Patent holding company targets 131 companies over SMS patents
2007-11-12 UK ClickPress: UK High Court set to review government restrictions on the patenting of software
2007-11-07 US OReilly: Sun's counter-attack on NetApp and the defense of free software...
2007-11-06 WW Agip: WIPO meeting on patents
2007-11-06 AU computerworld: Open-source developers need defense in patent wars
2007-11-04 US Tech standards panel sues Alcatel (RAND for all?)
2007-11-02 WW Andy Updegrove: Telling the Truth About Software Patents and Innovation
2007-11-01 WW Linux.com: A survey of existing Linux patents
2007-10-31 US Linux.com: Software patent abolition campaign will launch next month
2007-10-29 US ManagingIP: Companies unite to slam patent reform bill
2007-10-29 US Techdirt: Acacia's Latest Target: NetFlix
2007-10-25 WW Reuters: Microsoft to list patented protocols
2007-10-25 EU DigiMaj: Software patents puts ZFS viability at risk?
2007-10-25 US ZDnet: Red Hat voices concerns over Microsoft patent model
2007-10-25 US OSNews: Red Hat Voices Concerns Over Microsoft Patent Model
2007-10-24 US VNUnet: Sun threatens NetApp with patent war
2007-10-24 US EFF: EFF Wins Reexamination of Bogus Patent
2007-10-24 EU Groklaw: Microsoft Posts the New License Terms for Interoperability in the EU Agreement
2007-10-24 US RWWeb:Amazon Patents Search Strings in URLs
2007-10-24 US TheAge:IBM Aims to Patent Profiting Off Patents
2007-10-22 US WalkingWithElephants: Half A Loaf
2007-10-22 EU FFII: EU tells open source to start paying MS patent tax
2007-10-22 EU DigiMaj: Microsoft finally defeats EU competition ruling with patents
2007-10-22 EU Reuters: Microsoft finally bows to EU ruling
2007-10-22 KR Kois: Upgraded patent application processing wins praise for KIPO
2007-10-20 US ManagingIP: Korea's bank prepare to patent
2007-10-20 US Blue-Gnu: GnuTLS Release Removes TLS Authorization Due to Patent Issue
2007-10-20 US TuxDeluxe: The Innovation Game
2007-10-21 US MovingToFreedom: Jeremy Allison on Innovation and Patents
2007-10-18 US FSF: Send comments opposing TLS-authz "experimental" standard by October 23
2007-10-21 US FSF: FSF opposes making TLS-authz an experimental standard
2007-10-21 US Groklaw: BayStar & Acacia, and A Ruling on Digital Evidence, & Today's YouTube: Xerox's Alto
2007-10-21 US BoycottNovell: Red Hat’s Webbink Criticises Softwar Patents and Sheds Light on IP
2007-10-19 US SnapVoip: Vonage Get Sued by AT&T Now, For Infringing VoIP Patents
2007-10-19 US BoycottNovell: Another Indirect Link is Found Between Microsoft and Acacia (Patent Troll That Attacks Linux)
2007-10-19 US RedhatMagazine: Mark Webbink On: Software Patents
2007-10-18 US Gambling911: "I am Not a Patent Troll" Says 1st Technology's Scott Lewis
2007-10-18 US Betanews: New Zealand Actor Wins Rejection of Amazon 'One-Click' Patent
2007-10-18 US InternetNews: Plaintiff: Open Source Not on Trial in Linux Suit
2007-10-18 US Arstechnica: Amazon's 1-Click patent picked apart by US Patent Office
2007-10-19 US IT-director: Thoughts on Software IP and Patents
2007-10-19 EU DigiMaj: FFII vs Amazon: add a computer, and the EPO will give you software patents
2007-10-18 EU FFII: Economist Critic of Software Patents gets Nobel Prize
2007-10-18 EU Guardian: Linux community faces new uncertainty
2007-10-17 US Slashdot: USPTO Rejects Amazon's One-Click Patent
2007-10-17 US Register: US Patent Office decimates Amazon's 1-Click Patent
2007-10-16 US OpenDotDotDot: A Historic Idea: How to Deal with Patent Trolls
2007-10-16 US DigiTimes: Funai files complaint with ITC for infringement of digital TV patents in US
2007-10-16 US InternetNews: Plaintiff: Open Source Not on Trial in Linux Suit
2007-10-16 US Techdirt: Judge Bans The Term 'Patent Troll' -- And The History Of Patent Sharking...
2007-10-16 US Slashdot: Critic of Software Patents Wins Nobel Prize in Economics
2007-10-15 EU IPJur: EU Patent Jurisdiction: Details of New Proposals From Portuguese EU Presidency
2007-10-15 US EETimes: CEOs neglect patent portfolios, says M'soft exec
2007-10-15 IN Business-Standard: Patenting research
2007-10-15 US NYTimes: Three Share Nobel in Economics for Work on Social Mechanisms
2007-10-15 UK NCC: Patenting your software - is it worth it?
2007-10-15 US TIIP: Eric Maskin wins Nobel Prize
2007-10-15 US Gauthma: Another two cents on software patents
2007-10-15 US Genylabs: Patents and Small Business
2007-10-15 US ZDNet: The real issue in the software patent fight
2007-10-15 US Cnet: Vonage settles patent litigation with Klausner
2007-10-15 US Linux-Magazine: Patent Sanity
2007-10-11 US ZDNet: Dell: Microsoft warnings haven't hurt Linux uptake
2007-10-11 US Slashdot: First Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Linux
2007-10-11 UK DailyMotion: Steve Ballmer threatens Redhat with patents
2007-10-11 US Groklaw: Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat & Novell - Just Like Ballmer Predicted
2007-10-11 US EnigmaFoundry: Microsoft dooms Software Patents, forever, everywhere
2007-10-11 US Cyberciti: Microsoft Patent Claims Pose No Immediate Risk for Linux Users
2007-10-11 US ComputerWorld: First Linux patent lawsuit filed against Red Hat and Novell
2007-10-11 US NorthWestern: Trading software company wins patent case
2007-10-11 US Wired: Steve Ballmer Still Beating The Linux Patent Dead Horse
2007-10-11 EU Reuters: EU president Portugal proposes new patent courts
2007-10-11 EU Horns: Reuters: Portugiese EU Presidency About To Offer Yet Another Patent Jurisdiction Proposal
2007-10-10 US Slashdot: Red Hat Vows To Stand Up To Patent Intimidation
2007-10-10 US CCIA: CCIA Responds to Microsoft's Saber Rattling on Patents
2007-10-10 US InformationWeek: Red Hat Calm In Face Of Microsoft's Renewed Patent Claims
2007-10-10 US Redhat: Deploy With Confidence
2007-10-10 US Linux-Watch: Shuttleworth on Ballmer
2007-10-10 US Businessweek: Trading Technologies wins patent case
2007-10-10 US Dbusinessnews: Jury Upholds Trading Technologies Patents in Infringement Case
2007-10-10 US Lorenheiny: Steve Ballmer would like to see patent reform
2007-10-10 US BoycottNovell: Here Come the Patent Infringement Suits
2007-10-10 UK ComputerWorld: Red Hat users should cough up for Microsoft code, says Ballmer
2007-10-10 US ZDNet: Ballmer comments reflect deeper problems
2007-10-10 US ZDNet: Would patent reform make software patents acceptable?
2007-10-10 US SoftwareFreedom: Mark Webbink Joins Board of Software Freedom Law Center
2007-10-10 US Slashdot: Mark Webbink Joins Software Freedom Law Center
2007-10-08 UK ZDNet: Microsoft’s Ballmer calls out Red Hat with more patent threats
2007-10-08 UK PCPro: Ballmer singles out Red Hat in patent row
2007-10-08 UK TheInquirer: Ballmer threatens Red Hat users
2007-10-08 US Slashdot: Ballmer Suggests Linux Distros Will Soon Have to Pay Up
2007-09-23 UK IPGeek: Philips defeated on JPEG patent after non-disclosure to standard setting bodies
2007-10-08 DE Horns: France Making a Sea Change Shift Towards Supporting the EPLA?
2007-10-08 UK IPGeek: Is France changing its position on EPLA?
2007-10-08 UK WhatPC: Microsoft aims patent guns at Red Hat
2007-10-08 US Slashdot: Vonage Settles Patent Suit With Sprint-Nextel
2007-10-08 US Groklaw: Microsoft's Ballmer Reportedly Threatens Red Hat - Updated 2Xs
2007-10-05 US Slashdot: US Court of Appeals Puts Further Limits on Software Patents
2007-10-07 US Economist: Don’t invent, evolve
2007-10-05 US Slashdot: Open Invention Network Calls Out Microsoft
2007-10-05 US Sutor: IBM withdraws patent claim
2007-10-05 US PCPro: Microsoft "regrets patent deal" tactics
2007-10-05 US Slashdot: IBM Ditches Outsourcing Patent
2007-10-03 US TechDirt: Court Slaps Down Software And Business Model Patents
2007-10-02 US ArsTechnica: Barracuda Networks joins the Open Invention Network
2007-10-01 EU FFII: France confirms its position against EPLA
2007-10-01 EU Hi-mag: Product patents, yes, but innovation might need partnership too
2007-10-02 US Slashdot: IBM Patents Checking a Box
2007-10-02 US InformationWeek: AOL, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo Sued Over Competitive Bidding Patent
2007-10-02 US TheRegister: Mr WebTV skewers US patent bill
2007-10-01 EU DigitalMajority: Microsoft's programs MCPP and WSPP are excluding Open Source
2007-10-01 EU DigitalMajority: Commission to decide on what is RAND?
2007-10-01 US Acacia Technologies Names Brad Brunell, Former Microsoft General Manager, Intellectual Property Licensing, to Management Team
2007-09-30 EU livemint: There is no patent for ideas, however innovative
2007-09-28 US Slashdot: 1-Click Rejection Rejected
2007-09-26 US PatentlyO: Continued Patent Trouble for Vonage
2007-09-26 US Slashdot: Vonage Hit With $69.5M Judgement
2007-09-25 US Lightreading: Could Vonage Sprint to an Exit?
2007-09-25 US Techdirt: Sprint Claims Vonage Wouldn't Exist Without Sprint's Patents
2007-09-25 US NetworkWorld: Sprint suit vs. Vonage expected
2007-09-25 US Vonage: Vonage to Appeal Court Decision in Sprint Patent Suit
2007-09-25 US CNNMoney: Vonage Loses Patent Suit To Sprint;Stock Hits Low
2007-09-25 US Arstechnica: Jury finds Vonage violated Sprint's patents
2007-09-25 US Reuters: Vonage infringed Sprint patents, jury finds
2007-09-25 US Bloomberg: Vonage Violated Sprint Nextel Patents, Owes Damages
2007-09-25 US DBusinessNews: Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patent for Vehicle Location Technology
2007-09-23 US PBS: Patent cases like Apple v. Burst.com deserve better news coverage
2007-09-23 US Perens: The Confusion of Tongues: EIF 2.0, Standards, and Interoperability
2007-09-23 US 271patent: CAFC Releases a Big "Two-Fer" On Patentable Subject Matter
2007-09-22 US TheRegister: Next generation Wi-Fi mired in patent fears
2007-09-22 US Slashdot: 802.11n May Never Happen Due to Patent Concerns
2007-09-21 US ElectronicsWeekly: Microsoft and Cadence cross-license patents
2007-09-20 US PatentHawk: Mental Process
2007-09-20 US Slashdot: Inventors Protest Patent Reform Bill
2007-09-20 US ITworld: Inventors protest patent reform bill
2007-09-19 UK ZDNet: Linux users could face European patent threat
2007-09-14 UK UKPO: Patent decision on Symbian software patent GB0414075.2 "Access data in a DLL"
2007-09-14 UK IPKat: Schoolboy Slip-ups and Software Shenanigans
2007-09-19 EU Eupaco: Philip Leith: Patenting programs as machines
2007-09-19 EU Eupaco: David Martin: Benefits and Costs of the Global Patent Paradigm
2007-09-19 EU Eupaco: Lee Hollaar: Why Software Developers Should Support a New, Limited Patent
2007-09-19 EU Eupaco: Christopher Wong: Community Patent Review
2007-09-19 EU DigiMaj: Google complains about trolls
2007-09-17 EU DigiMaj: Microsoft will get rid of the EU antitrust with patents
2007-09-17 EU FFII: Microsoft will trump EU competition ruling with patents
2007-09-17 ZA ITWeb: ICT industry misunderstands patents
2007-09-14 US Ars: Company patents playlists, sues everyone
2007-09-11 US InformationWeek: Google Sued For Patent Infringement By Illinois Firm
2007-09-07 US ITworld: House Passes Patent Overhaul Bill (Slashdot discussion)
2007-09-05 US 451 CAOS Theory: The new open source lawsuit - ZFS
2007-09-04 US Google: Reforming patents, promoting innovation
2007-09-04 WW eCommerce Times: Microsoft's OOXML Standard Bid Falls Flat
2007-09-04 WW ISO: OOXML not approved. Fails on both counts (Groklaw commentary, Slashdot discussion)
2007-09-02 US Slashdot: Will the Pope Declare Google Evil?
2007-08-30 US SeattlePI: Microsoft, Eolas settle big patent dispute
2007-08-22 EU France ready to sign London Agreement (... and pave the way for a community patent)
2007-08-29 US Slashdot: Google and Others Sued For Automating Email
2007-08-28 US Informationweek: Amazon, Google, Yahoo, And Others Sued For Automating Their E-mail
2007-08-27 US TechnologyReview: Patent Law Gets Saner (discussion of recent SCOTUS decisions)
2007-08-27 US WSJ: Patent System's Revamp Hits Wall
2007-08-24 US The Inquirer: Every software firm in world sued over patent
2007-08-19 NZ NZ-OSS: Patent threat looms large over OOXML (Slashdot discussion)
2007-08-14 US Ars: What does Milan have to do with Silicon Valley? IP laws threaten innovation
2007-08-07 US Slashdot: Patent Lawsuits Galore
2007-08-08 US DallasNews: Exxon files countersuit in phone patent case
2007-08-06 EU DigiMaj: Qualcomm found guilty of patent ambush
2007-08-06 EU IPwatch: Mobile, IT Industries Form Patent Pool-Style Scheme
2007-08-06 US BoycottNovell: Microsoft Resorted to So-called ‘Patent Terrorism’ Back in 2004
2007-08-06 US Eweek: Shuttleworth: Microsoft Fracturing the Open-Source Community
2007-08-07 US FT: Microsoft’s $1.53bn judgment overturned
2007-07-25 US LWN: Fedora's mid-life crisis
2007-08-02 US IAM: Is the software patent debate a red herring?
2007-08-02 US Newswireless: Google's head of patents believes the US patent system is "in crisis" following Blackberry lawsuit
2007-08-03 US MobileMessaging2: Patent application published for SMS notification of account fraud
2007-08-03 US TGDaily: Microsoft, Adobe in the spotlight of a new patent suit
2007-08-02 US Slashdot: Broken Patent System? Google, Apple Disagree
2007-08-02 UK TheRegister: Google: Kill all the patent trolls (comments)
2007-08-02 UK TheRegister: Google: Kill all the patent trolls
2007-08-01 EU FFII: September double-strike for interoperability
2007-08-31 US NetworkWorld: Microsoft, Eolas seek to settle patent rift out of court
2007-08-02 US TheStar: Retrial of $521 million ruling against Microsoft postponed
2007-08-02 US HollywoodReporter: TW, IBM put heads together
2007-08-02 US Infoworld: Vendors say patent system needs work
2007-08-02 US MultiChannel: Time Warner, IBM to Cross-License Patents