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Google wins patent for search results page design

December 13, 2006 Intellectual-property lawyers say there's no need to fret about infringement lawsuits unless sites are veritable copies. TAGS: patent, search result, invention, intellectual property, Google Inc., design, attorney, protection, GUI, lawyer

How Washington reinvented invention

April 5, 2006 Former White House adviser Brian Kahin raises questions about a controversial patent decision. TAGS: patent, lawyer, Washington, decision, attorney, U.S.

Fighting for patent property

March 28, 2006 Patents mean big money for big tech companies, so tech titans fight long and hard to preserve them. TAGS: Hynix Semiconductor Inc., patent, lawyer, Microsoft Corp.

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

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: patent, intellectual property, game company, intellectual property right, online game, terms of service, EULA, lawyer, attorney, games

Novell boosts legal team with litigation expert

August 6, 2007 Company taps high-powered patent lawyer Eric Acker, who has a formidable history, including 45 jury trials as a federal prosecutor. TAGS: Novell Inc., litigation, federal prosecutor, lawyer, patent, law firm, Microsoft Corp.

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 software, open source, Linux kernel, OpenOffice.org, Linux, Steve Ballmer, Novell Inc., intellectual property, Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., lawyer, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., article

Court rejects Vonage bid for patent case retrial

May 3, 2007 Net phone company can cite a recent landmark Supreme Court decision as part of pending appeal, but doesn't get a new trial. TAGS: Vonage Holdings Corp., patent, appeal, Verizon Communications, verdict, motion, court, jury, trial, request, lawyer

Microsoft wins suit over antipiracy patent

March 27, 2006 Federal appeals court rejects a Texas lawyer's claim that his patent covers Microsoft's product activation program. TAGS: product activation, patent, antipiracy, Houston, Texas, attorney, lawyer, Microsoft Corp., Adobe Systems Inc.

Lawyer insists Microsoft infringed antipiracy patent

March 9, 2006 Texas attorney with patent on antipiracy system appeals ruling that said company's product activation program didn't infringe. TAGS: product activation, patent, invention, antipiracy, Houston, lawyer, attorney, intellectual property, Texas, Microsoft Corp., Intel, Adobe Systems Inc.

BlackBerry case: No shutoff, for now

February 24, 2006 Judge James Spencer scolds patent holder NTP and device maker Research In Motion for not coming to a settlement. TAGS: NTP, injunction, Research In Motion Ltd., James Spencer, patent, settlement, RIM BlackBerry, damage, lawyer, trial, decision, U.S., e-mail

Microsoft gives go-ahead to open-source Web services

September 13, 2006 Company won't assert patents related to 35 Web services specs--a move designed to ease developers' legal concerns. TAGS: Web service, patent, open-source software, open-source community, open source, royalty, specification, standards, Apache Software Foundation, GPL, FAQ, developer, lawyer, concern, XML, Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Microsoft's kick in the patents

February 23, 2007 While Microsoft finds itself in a dogfight over patents, battles over the iPhone trademark and satellite radio settle down. TAGS: American Software, Alcatel, patent, damage, Week in review, AT&T Corp., intellectual property, Lucent Technologies Inc., reader, U.S., lawyer, open source, Microsoft Corp., MP3, video, Microsoft Windows
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