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How to fight against patent terrorism

January 6, 2005 Attorney Richard Wilder says CIOs will increasingly need to weigh indemnification policies before making purchases. TAGS: indemnification, intellectual property, infringement, patent infringement, lawsuit, SCO Group Inc., terrorist, open-source software, Novell Inc., Linux, threat, software company, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

HP plays the patent game

November 10, 2005 More people than ever are hitting HP up for money for patents, but the company is getting more out of its own patent portfolio as well. TAGS: intellectual property, patent, injunction, defendant, lawsuit, HP, IP, Microsoft Corp.

SCO warns of IBM lawsuit risks

March 31, 2003 The company says its billion-dollar lawsuit alleging that IBM misappropriated trade secrets will be costly and could have other consequences. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Morgan Keegan Co., trade secret, shareholder, IBM Corp., lawsuit, suit, Unix, intellectual property, court, Linux, attorney

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, lawsuit, consulting company, asset, RFID, IBM Corp., lawyer, bank, IP, HP

Viacom sues Google over YouTube clips

March 13, 2007 Media company seeks more than $1 billion in damages, claiming that nearly 160,000 unauthorized clips appear on video-sharing site. TAGS: Viacom Inc., YouTube, entertainment company, intellectual property, negotiation, litigation, lawsuit, Google Inc., entertainment, complaint, video

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, Taiwan, lawsuit, complaint, intellectual property, power management, HP, U.S., PC, video

Collision course for Symantec and Microsoft

May 22, 2006 Its lawsuit against Microsoft could put the brakes on Vista as competition between the companies heats up. TAGS: Symantec Corp., intellectual property, VERITAS Software Corp., SCO Group Inc., lawsuit, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., security, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Microsoft alums amass thousands of patents

November 3, 2005 An IP firm wants to reinvigorate Thomas Edison's ethos of invention. Some in Silicon Valley fear the firm will channel Tort-king Melvin Belli instead. TAGS: patent, Forgent Networks Inc., royalty, lawsuit, litigation, intellectual property, IP, Intel, Microsoft Corp.

Open-source firm offers to protect customers from lawsuits

October 17, 2006 Software seller OpenLogic says it will indemnify buyers against legal action connected with its open-source products. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., open-source software, open source, legal action, enterprise, lawsuit, intellectual property, IBM Corp., London, Unix, code, Linux

Rambus files new memory suit

January 26, 2005 Just when memory makers thought it was safe to go back into the water, Rambus files another lawsuit. TAGS: Rambus Inc., Hynix Semiconductor Inc., DDR DRAM, Infineon Technologies AG, patent, DRAM, royalty, lawsuit, intellectual property, California, memory, PC

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, Palm Inc., injunction, lawsuit, RIM BlackBerry, complaint, Virginia, intellectual property, smart phone, e-mail

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