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Creating a game? Get a lawyer

September 7, 2007 With patents, copyrights and marketing rights playing an ever bigger role, gamemakers are discovering they need legal hawks just as much as everyone else. TAGS: EULA, online game, patent, game company, intellectual property, intellectual property right, terms of service, lawyer, attorney, games

Microsoft-Novell survey gives their deal a thumbs-up

December 12, 2006 Survey commissioned by the two companies asserts that their high-profile agreement will drive customers away from joint rival Red Hat. TAGS: survey, Novell Inc., intellectual property right, agreement, Linux, Red Hat Inc., intellectual property, Microsoft Corp.

China, U.S. hammer out trade concerns

April 22, 2004 A joint commission is taking steps to resolve commercial concerns about the development of a wireless networking security standard and enforcement of intellectual property rights. TAGS: intellectual property right, biotechnology, China, enforcement, significance, intellectual property, commission, U.S. company, U.S., wireless networking, concern, government, development, security

EU delays vote on digital copyright plan

September 11, 2003 A vote on the European Union's proposed directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights has been pushed back to November. TAGS: directive, intellectual property right, enforcement, European Union, intellectual property, vote, proposal, legislation, law, eBay Inc., U.K., CD, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

Start-up claims injunction against Microsoft

April 13, 2005 Alacritech says injunction blocks software giant from using patented Chimney networking method. TAGS: Alacritech Inc., injunction, Stacy Drake, intellectual property right, networking, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

New law cracks down on P2P pirates

April 27, 2005 One copy of an unreleased software program, song or film in a shared folder equals prison time, thanks to a new federal law. TAGS: intellectual property right, law, piracy, film, copy, P2P, intellectual property, entertainment, movie, president

Internet group mulls a meaty meeting

October 27, 2003 The organization overseeing Internet domain names and addresses says its confab in Tunisia will focus on IPv6, VeriSign's redirection service and intellectual property rights in domain names. TAGS: VeriSign Inc., IPv6, World Intellectual Property Organization, domain name, intellectual property right, Internet domain name, intellectual property, IP, event, entertainment, server

SCO, Novell publish Unix disputes

January 13, 2004 The companies are publicly airing documents related to their dispute over Unix copyrights--key factors in SCO's claim to intellectual property rights for Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Novell Inc., Unix, intellectual property right, claim, dispute, intellectual property, asset, Utah, Linux, IBM Corp., document, open source, operating system

Torvalds: What, me worry?

July 8, 2003 Linux creator Linus Torvalds sounds off on SCO Group's lawsuit against IBM, intellectual property in the open-source world and the future of the Linux operating system. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, SCO Group Inc., intellectual property, Open Source Development Labs, Linux, intellectual property right, Linux kernel, engineer, patent, IBM Corp., process, programming, open source, operating system

SCO's McBride sounds off in Linux legal battle

December 5, 2003 Chief Executive Darl McBride invokes the Founding Fathers in his company's battle over intellectual property rights. Also: SCO postpones its quarterly earnings report. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., intellectual property, copyright protection, earnings report, Free Software Foundation, GNU, Unix, intellectual property right, DMCA, Linux, GPL, open source, battle, IBM Corp., letter, Red Hat Inc.

EU plan could put open sourcers in court

August 2, 2005 A proposed European law on IP infringement could allow SCO to sue Linux users in a criminal court, experts say. TAGS: directive, SCO Group Inc., infringement, intellectual property right, Free Software Foundation, law firm, intellectual property, IP, European Union, court, law, Linux, Microsoft Corp.
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