SUNNYVALE/SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Nov. 12, 2009 – Intel Corporation and Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) today announced a comprehensive agreement to end all outstanding legal disputes between the companies, including antitrust litigation and patent cross license disputes.
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AMD and Intel Announce Settlement of All Antitrust and IP Disputes
November 12th, 2009 |
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eBay, Skype Settle IP Suits with Joltid, sans Index Ventures
November 6th, 2009 |
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eBay settles lawsuits with Joltid and Joost in a $1.9 billion deal that gives Skype ownership over all software previously licensed from Joltid and paves the way for a group of investors to acquire the majority of the company. Joltid and Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, who had earlier tried to buy Skype back from eBay, will join the investor group, contributing Joltid software and making a capital investment in exchange for a 14 percent stake in Skype. Silver Lake and fellow investors Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board will grab 56 percent of Skype, with eBay retaining the remaining 30 percent.
– The future of voice-over-IP service Skype looks bright again for its more
than 500 million users.
eBay Nov. 6 said it has settled lawsuits with Joltid and
Joost in a $1.9 billion deal that gives Skype ownership over all software
previously licensed from Joltid and paves the way for a group of in…
Secret IP Treaty Proposal Rubs Tech Wrong
November 6th, 2009 |
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The negotiations over the International Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement that concluded another round this week in Seoul, South Korea, prompts watchdog groups to complain to President Obama about Hollywood’s influence over the talks and the lack of transparency surrounding the entire negotiations.
– Civilian libertarians, Internet privacy watchdog groups and libraries are
irate over the secret negotiations in Seoul, South
Korea, involving ACTA (International
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement). The negotiations, they claim, heavily
favor Hollywood interests pushing tougher international
c…
IP Networks Growing as Business Platform, Report Says
October 14th, 2009 |
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Businesses investing in Internet-protocol-based collaboration technologies are reaping a large return on investment (ROI), according to a report from Frost Sullivan.
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A report by Frost amp; Sullivan, sponsored by Verizon
Communications and Cisco found organizations around the world that deploy the
most advanced Internet-protocol-based collaboration technologies achieve more
than twice the return on their collaboration investment and perform be…
Ellison Reiterates Importance of Sun’s IP in OpenWorld Opener
October 12th, 2009 |
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Oracle and Sun kick off their first joint Oracle OpenWorld conference by announcing an intriguing new flash-based storage system and re-identifying The Giant — as Oracle founder Larry Ellison referred to IBM — as its key market target.
– SAN FRANCISCO Oracle and Sun Microsystems, nervously awaiting the blessing of the European Commission to become one company by the end of the year, kicked off their first joint Oracle OpenWorld conference here at the Moscone Center Oct. 11 by announcing an intriguing new flash-based storage system a…
LABS GALLERY: 8×8 Virtual Office IP PBX Offers Range of Options
October 8th, 2009 |
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Hosted IP PBX systems have become a popular option for small and midsize businesses because they provide all of the functionality of a corporate PBX but with much lower upfront costs. They also allow geographically dispersed workers to share the same phone systems and take advantage of traditional office features such as extension dialing and easy conferencing. 8x8s Virtual Office provides a solid hosted IP PBX system that can be set up with little hassle and that is competitively priced. 8×8 also provides its own line of full-featured IP phones to give businesses corporate-oriented phones to work with their hosted IP PBX system.
By Jim Rapoza
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Richard Chin: NOVEL APPROACHES TO IP COLLABORATIONS: ADVANCING CURES FOR NEGLECTED DISEASES
July 15th, 2009 |
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While this week’s news is being dominated by Supreme Court nomination hearings, there’s also good news this week for intellectual property and global health. The…