Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen re-launched his patent lawsuit against Apple, Google and a host of other large tech companies. – Microsoft co-founder Paul Allens firm Interval Licensing LLC has decided to
re-launch a patent-infringement lawsuit against some of countrys biggest tech
companies, including Apple and Google. That comes despite the original
lawsuits dismissal earlier in December.
In the wake of that dismissal, …
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allens suit against 11 companies, including Apple, Google and Yahoo, has been dismissed, with the judge finding the allegations unclear. – The patent infringement lawsuit that Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen filed
against Apple, Google and a handful of other companies in August has been
dismissed by a district judge, ABC News
has reported.
The suit, filed by Allens Interval Licensing, was said to pertain to
patents relevant to e-…
Federal judges deny McAfees appeal to overturn the verdict in the patent infringement lawsuit with Finjan which would require it to pay more than $13 million in damages. – A federal appeals court has rejected McAfees appeal to
overturn the verdict in Finjan Softwares patent infringement suit.
On Nov. 4, the United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit in Washington upheld the finding that Secure Computings Webwasher
security line infringed on Finjans se…
Verizon Wireless overcharged approximately 15 million customers for data services they didnt use and now will begin refunding them. Individual refunds are in the range of $2 to $6, but while that doesnt sound like much, The New York Times estimates the total damage to Verizon to be between $30 million and $90 million; After more than a year of discussion, Cisco officials are reportedly about to release a home video communication device, putting it into competition with Skype and others.
<p>The much – anticipated home TelePresence offering, is reported to be announced this week; So those of you anxious for Microsoft to finally join the smartphone party – your wait may soon be over. Microsoft is betting that the smartphone’s unique user interface – as it aggregates Web content and apps into a series of subject – specific "Hubs," such as "Office" and "Games," instead of the iPhone’s or Android’s gridlike pages of individual apps – will allow it to regain market share traction against those competitors; Microsoft announced Oct. 1st that it had filed a patent – infringement lawsuit against Motorola over the Google Android smartphones. The lawsuit suggests that Microsoft is becoming more aggressive about its patents with manufacturers of Android phones. In April, HTC acknowledged it would pay royalties to Microsoft in exchange for the use of "patented technology" in its Android – powered devices.
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Microsoft’s week involved growing rumors about the Windows Phone 7 release, a lawsuit against Motorola over Android, a major reorganization and a fresh twist in its long-running i4i legal battle. – Microsoft’s busy week centered on mobile not only its upcoming Windows Phone
7, but also legal action related to one of its biggest rivals: On Oct. 1, the
company announced it had filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Motorola
over the latter’s Google Android smartphones.
quot;The patent…
Microsoft’s patent infringement lawsuit versus Motorola over Google Android smartphones is the latest bid to slow Android’s roll in the market. Apple sued HTC and Oracle sued Google, both over Android, earlier this year. – When Microsoft filed its patent infringement suit versus Motorola Oct. 1, it
joined Apple and Oracle in their attack against Google’s Android operating
system, which has come on strong in the latter half of 2010.
Microsoft claimed Motorola’s Android smartphones violated nine software
patents rel…
Microsoft has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against Motorola, alleging that its Google Android smartphones violate nine patents. Android phone makers have been in Microsoft’s patent crosshairs. – Microsoft has filed an intellectual-property lawsuit against Motorola,
alleging that the manufacturer’s Google Android smartphones violate nine of its
patents.
quot;The patents at issue relate to a range of functionality embodied in
Motorola’s Android smartphone devices that are essential to t…
Dell and LogMeIn are the new targets of a patent-infringement lawsuit by 01 Communique Laboratory, which alleges violations of technology related to a private communication portal. – Dell and LogMeIn are the targets of an intellectual-property
lawsuit by Canadian firm 01 Communique Laboratory, which asserts the two
companies infringed on its patent for technology related to a private
communication portal. The lawsuit has been filed in U.S. District Court,
Eastern District…
Microsoft is asking the U.S. Supreme Court is examine and overturn a patent-infringement lawsuit filed against it by Canadian firm i4i, which has won a series of lower-court rulings. – Microsoft has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court in its
long-running patent-infringement battle against small Canadian firm i4i.
Specifically, Microsoft wants to overturn earlier rulings
that both Microsoft Word 2003 and 2007 violated i4is patents for custom XML.
In April, a federal appeals cour…
Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 likely wont benefit from Oracles patent-infringement lawsuit against Google, which may affect Android, but almost certainly not soon enough to affect the near-term smartphone wars. – Google has vowed to “strongly defend” open-source standards and its Android operating system from an intellectual property lawsuit by Oracle, which sued the search-engine giant Aug. 12 for allegedly infringing on seven patents and other copyrights related to Java. And while much of the Oracle-Google…
Oracle’s patent infringement lawsuit versus Google is all about ego, money and power, so says the creator of the key technology in question. Rather than being about developer freedom or Java fragmentation, this suit is more about what drives the software industry and most every other. – Oracle’s
patent infringement lawsuit versus Google is all about ego, money and power, so
says the creator of the key technology in question.
In
an Aug. 15 blog post, James Gosling,
known as the father of Java, said:
quot;There
are no guiltless parties with white hats in this little dra…
Google vowes to "strongly defend" open-source standards and protect its Android operating system from Oracle’s patent infringement lawsuit against the search engine. – Google Aug. 13 called Oracle’s patent infringement lawsuit against the
search engine quot;baseless quot; and vowed to quot;strongly defend quot;
open-source standards and protect its Android operating system.
quot;We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack both Google and the
open-source…
Google August 13 vowed to "strongly defend" open source standards and protect its Android operating system from Oracle’s patent infringement lawsuit against the search engine. – Google August 13 called Oracle’s patent infringement lawsuit
against the search engine quot;baseless quot; and vowed to quot;strongly
defend quot; open source standards and protect its Android operating
system.
quot;We are disappointed Oracle has chosen to attack
both Google and the open-sou…
Microsoft had something of a rough week: Salesforce.com picked an old enemy to head up its patent-infringement lawsuit against Redmond, an alleged internal slide deck detailing Windows 8 leaked to the public, and its Kin phones went bye-bye. – Microsoft did not have the best week, at least on the corporate front.
First came the appearance of an old enemy: in its
patent-infringement lawsuit against Microsoft, Salesforce.com has
retained David Boies, who represented the Justice Department in its
historic antitrust lawsuit against the so…
Salesforce.com is using David Boies, who represented the Justice Department in its antitrust action against Microsoft, as counsel for its patent-infringement lawsuit against its rival. Salesforces lawsuit is seen by many as a response to Microsofts own intellectual property suit, filed in May, against the cloud-based software company. One analyst also sees the brewing legal battle as a fight for the future of the cloud, with Microsofts Azure on one side and Salesforce’s cloud-based productivity offerings on the other. Salesforce alleges that Microsoft violated five of its patents. – Salesforce.com has brought a key figure from Microsofts
past into its patent-infringement lawsuit against the software giant, by
retaining David Boies as counsel. The lawsuit is seen by many as a response to
Microsofts own intellectual-property suit filed in May against the cloud-based
software …
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff used strong language during a recent earnings call to describe a patent-infringement lawsuit leveled against his company by Microsoft, which he equated with "alley thugs." Microsoft alleges that Salesforce infringed on nine of its patents related to cloud-based applications. Benioff also hinted that Microsofts lawsuit could grievously affect other cloud vendors. Although Microsoft has traditionally focused on hybrid and on-premises solutions, its increased attention to the cloud brings it into competition with companies such as Salesforce. – Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff minced no words in
describing the recent patent-infringement lawsuit leveled against his company
by Microsoft, using the pulpit of a May 20 earnings call to compare the legal
action to a late-night mugging.
“The reality is that these patent trolls are unfortunate…
HTC is suing Apple and asking U.S. regulators to ban Apple from selling the iPhone, iPod and iPad in the United States. The lawsuit is the latest move in the long-simmering legal battle between Apple and HTC, following Apple’s March 2 lawsuit against the phone manufacturer for allegedly violating some 20 patents related to the iPhone. Apple also finds itself in a legal tit-for-tat with Nokia, as the iPhone battles it out with Google Android-based devices for greater share of the U.S. smartphone market.
– Apple found itself in the crosshairs of a patent-infringement lawsuit filed
by HTC May 12, the latest
maneuver in a long and increasingly bitter legal battle between the
two companies. In a new filing, HTC officials
ask the International Trade Commission to ban Apple from selling the
iPho…
Microsoft has the potential to be affected by Apple’s patent-infringement lawsuit against HTC, an analyst suggested to eWEEK. Apple sued HTC on March 2 for the alleged violation of 20 patents related to the iPhone’s interface, architecture and hardware. HTC is also a partner with Microsoft on the software giants upcoming Windows Phone 7 Series, which will heavily lean on touch-screen devices, which means that a courtroom victory for Apple in the matter could translate into an effect on Microsofts strategy as it tries to move the new smartphones to market. Apple is involved in patent-infringement battles with other companies, including Nokia.
– Apple’s patent-infringement lawsuit against
HTC, and possibly other handset
manufacturers, has the potential to affect Microsoft as it ramps up to the
release of Windows Phone 7 Series devices later in 2010.
Apple filed a lawsuit against HTC on March
2, alleging that the manufacturer
violat…
Apple has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against HTC, one of the primary manufacturers of smartphones that run Google Android. If Apple succeeds in what could be a protracted lawsuit, it could temporarily dampen the Android-equipped devices in the U.S. market at a time when some data shows Android enjoying an increasing rate of adoption among consumers. Apple has other lawsuits in play against Nokia, and is being sued by Kodak, over other patent-related issues.
– Apples patent-infringement lawsuit against HTC comes at a time when
Google Android, the smartphone operating system that will be incorporated into
many HTC devices through the end of 2010, has been gaining ground in the
ever-hotter smartphone wars.
According to data released by analytics
firm …
Microsoft begins offering customers modified copies of Microsoft Office, as well as issuing patches for Word 2003 and Word 2007, in order to comply with a court order to pull copies of the productivity application that allegedly violate a custom XML patent held by i4i. The case’s original verdict ordered Microsoft to pull copies of Word from store shelves and pay the smaller company nearly $300 million in fines. Microsoft has vowed to continue to fight through legal channels, expressing a willingness to head to the Supreme Court if necessary.
– Apparently in response to a patent-infringement lawsuit filed against it by small
IT company i4i, Microsoft pulled copies of Office 2007 from its online store and
issued patches for Word 2003 and Word 2007 in its online download center.
Time ran out for Microsoft on Jan. 11, the date by which a …
