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IBM retains patent crown

January 11, 2005 Big Blue gets the blue ribbon--again--but HP moves up a notch. Japanese companies stay strong. IBM offers 500 patents for open-source use TAGS: patent, Japanese company, IBM Corp., intellectual property, open source, HP

Report: Microsoft says open source violates 235 patents

May 14, 2007 Top Microsoft lawyer alleges in a magazine interview that the Linux kernel and OpenOffice.org violate hundreds of the company's patents. TAGS: patent, open source, open-source software, Linux, Linux kernel, OpenOffice.org, Steve Ballmer, intellectual property, Novell Inc., Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., lawyer, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., article

IBM offers 500 patents for open-source use

January 11, 2005 Big Blue will let open-source developers use 500 software patents without fear of infringement lawsuits. TAGS: patent, software patent, open-source software, IBM Corp., open source, Linux seller, open standard, fear, Linux, intellectual property, U.S., operating system, database, Microsoft Corp., HP

Patent auctions: Lawyer's dream or way of the future?

March 3, 2006 Dinner, drinks and a bitter lawsuit: You might find them both at the Ocean Tomo patent auction next month. TAGS: patent, intellectual property, auction, consulting company, lawsuit, asset, RFID, IBM Corp., lawyer, bank, IP, HP

Sun plans patent protection for open-source Solaris

November 18, 2004 Plans to provide umbrella from patent-infringement suits to outsiders using or developing the OS--a move to counter Linux. Sun posts early Java 6 code Photos: Sun execs talk tech TAGS: Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc., intellectual property, patent infringement, SCO Group Inc., Scott McNealy, open source, Jonathan Schwartz, Linux, patent, Unix, protection, IBM Corp., open-source software, Red Hat Inc., Java
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