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New Linux look fuels old debate

April 17, 2006 The use of closed-source software to give Linux slick graphics is keeping a thorny legal and philosophical dispute alive. TAGS: intellectual property, graphics chip company, open source, Free Software Foundation, Linux, kernel, ATI Technologies, Linux kernel, NVidia, chip company, GPL, software product, manager, founder, 3D, operating system

Red Hat cancels Fedora Foundation

April 5, 2006 Company has other ideas for open-source patent protections and governance of its hobbyist Linux product. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., Fedora Project, foundation, intellectual property, Fedora Core, open source, Linux

Apple: iPod means our pod

August 15, 2006 Mac maker cries trademark infringement, sends cease-and-desist letters to companies using "pod" in product names. TAGS: trademark, Mac maker, Apple Computer, letter, Apple iPod, intellectual property, MP3 player, brand, MP3

Rise of the patent trolls

October 12, 2005 HP's Joe Beyers urges the formation of a consortium to combat what he sees as a patent shakedown. TAGS: troll, patent, invention, consortium, innovation, intellectual property, nature, threat, value

IP company sues AMD over patents

November 17, 2006 Opti, an intellectual property company, alleges that the chipmaker violated patents with its Opteron processors and other products. TAGS: AMD Opteron, patent, chip company, AMD, PCI bus, intellectual property, IP, PCI

Online library offers 1.5 million works and counting

November 27, 2007 The Universal Digital Library, backed by several major libraries around the globe, is more about preservation and less about getting clicks. TAGS: Barnes & Noble Inc., computer science, university, project, intellectual property, library, professor, work, e-book, Google Inc.

HP sues Acer again over patents

April 23, 2007 In second suit against Acer in a month, HP seeks to prevent Taiwan-based PC maker from selling its computers in the U.S. TAGS: patent, Acer Inc., PC company, lawsuit, Taiwan, intellectual property, complaint, HP, power management, U.S., video, PC

Microsoft to use comics in antipiracy campaign

January 22, 2007 Software giant has been expanding its antipiracy campaign since mid-2005, but can't yet say whether efforts are paying off.Images: Which copy of XP is the fake? TAGS: comic, antipiracy, piracy, Brazil, campaign, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., copy, Microsoft Windows

Mono offers open-source spin on Silverlight

May 16, 2008 First public release of Novell's Moonlight will compete with products from Adobe, Sun, and Apple.(By Matthew Broersma of ZDNet UK) TAGS: Microsoft Silverlight, Matthew Broersma, Mono, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Firefox 3.0, open source, Adobe Systems Inc., project, Firefox, Mozilla Corp., Linux, Microsoft Corp., Apple Computer

NTP slaps Palm with patent infringement suit

November 6, 2006 Palm's response: The lawsuit targeting the company's wireless e-mail devices is "unwarranted" and based on "dubious patents." TAGS: NTP, patent, Research In Motion Ltd., wireless e-mail, injunction, Palm Inc., lawsuit, intellectual property, complaint, Virginia, RIM BlackBerry, smart phone, e-mail

Carbon nanotube firms merge

March 22, 2007 Unidym snaps up Carbon Nanotechnologies, as the search for a mass-market application of carbon nanotubes continues. TAGS: nanotube, Carbon Nanotechnologies Inc., nanotechnology, intellectual property

Microsoft chastises Google on copyrights

March 6, 2007 Redmond joins the hue and cry of critics who charge the search giant with usurping other people's content. TAGS: copyright law, intellectual property, Google Inc., RIAA, YouTube, Microsoft Corp., video

Lawmakers gear up for patent system overhaul

February 16, 2007 Key House panel is all for introducing a patent reform bill, but agreeing on details could prove a daunting task. TAGS: patent, Rick Boucher, intellectual property, Rep., idea

Chinese firms get hold of Microsoft tech

October 31, 2006 Software giant exports its licensing push to China, putting three mobile phone technologies in the hands of two start-ups. TAGS: Chinese firm, China, intellectual property, software company, Microsoft Corp., mobile phone, start-up, IP

Sendmail may turn tools over to open source

April 6, 2006 E-mail software maker with deep links to open source is looking at transferring over some substantial technology for development. TAGS: Sendmail Inc., open source, intellectual property, programming, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Maker of unconventional desktops calls it quits

February 15, 2006 Orion says its ideas were good, and sales were getting better, but other circumstances were not. TAGS: Transmeta Corp., RLX Technologies, blade server, blade, intellectual property, server, idea

February 23, 2006 Trying to sway critics TAGS: NTP, re-examination, patent, Research In Motion Ltd., public relations, intellectual property

Chizen: Friends, foes and China

November 9, 2005 newsmaker The big, burgeoning Asian nation is much on the mind of Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen. Then there's the little matters of Apple and Microsoft. TAGS: Bruce Chizen, rights-management, B2C, China, Newsmaker, intellectual property, B2B, Adobe Systems Inc., CEO, Macromedia Inc., Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp.

Balancing law with tech and privacy

March 8, 2008 Legal issues collide with privacy, intellectual property, innovation, and technology at the Legal Futures Conference at Stanford University.• Why we should care about the spectrum debate ... TAGS: Charles Cooper, Elinor Mills, Stanford, privacy, intellectual property, conference

Teenager today, tech exec tomorrow

May 23, 2007 Silicon Valley conference shows how Web entrepreneurs are getting younger and younger--some are not of driving age. TAGS: entrepreneur, RFID, exec, intellectual property, software company, conference, cell phone, Apple iPod, idea
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