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Company claims patent for download apps

June 15, 2004 BTG reportedly is seeking royalties from Microsoft and other companies that use software-download applications. TAGS: patent, royalty, virus, Microsoft Corp.

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, litigation, lawsuit, Intel, intellectual property, IP, Microsoft Corp.

Small company makes big claims on XML patents

October 21, 2005 Scientigo is close to signing a deal with an IP-licensing firm to try to "monetize" patents it says are infringed by XML. TAGS: patent, SGML, XML, claim, royalty, intellectual property, IBM Corp., asset, lawyer, agreement, software company, IP, Microsoft Corp.

W3C revises image format

November 12, 2003 A second edition of the PNG format, a royalty free alternative to the GIF image-compression format, gains the World Wide Web Consortium's approval, and that of two other standards groups. TAGS: PNG, GIF, royalty, Unisys Corp., patent, format, image, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Inc.

Forgent sues cable companies over DVR patent

July 14, 2005 Defendants include Cable One, Charter Communications, Comcast, TimeWarner and EchoStar, with more likely. TAGS: Forgent Networks Inc., DVR, patent, Charter Communications Inc., videoconferencing, royalty, EchoStar Communications Corp., cable company, Comcast Corp., Texas, digital camera, PC company, JPEG, camera, U.S., TV

An open-source call to arms

June 3, 2004 Bruce Perens predicts the open-source software movement will soon be under widespread legal attack by proprietary software vendors. TAGS: open-source developer, SCO Group Inc., open source, patent, royalty, claim, court, lawsuit, open-source software, Linux, software company

Bell tolling for PNG graphics format?

June 9, 2003 A patent underlying the popular GIF format is set to expire soon. That could make PNG, created as a royalty free alternative, obsolete--unless other issues come into play. TAGS: PNG, Unisys Corp., GIF, patent, royalty, intellectual property, Microsoft Internet Explorer, JPEG, animation, freeware, Microsoft Corp.

Restoring the patent balance of power

June 8, 2006 IP attorney John A. Artz says to expect reverberations from the Supreme Court's recent eBay v. MercExchange decision. TAGS: injunction, invention, patent, royalty, decision, court, eBay Inc., fee, threat

Intergraph, Gateway settle Pentium patent suit

May 13, 2004 Gateway agrees to pay Intergraph at least $10 million to settle a suit alleging that Pentium-based Gateway PCs violated patents involving an Intergraph chip called Clipper. TAGS: Intergraph Corp., Gateway Inc., settlement, computer memory, patent, royalty, suit, Intel Pentium, AMD, OEM, Intel, Intel Itanium, motherboard, workstation, PC company, chipset

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., Infineon Technologies AG, DDR DRAM, royalty, patent, DRAM, memory, lawsuit, intellectual property, California, PC

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, specification, patent, open-source community, Apache Software Foundation, royalty, open-source software, open source, standards, FAQ, GPL, concern, Microsoft Corp., lawyer, XML, developer

Rambus wins $306 million from Hynix

April 24, 2006 In its patent infringement case, a jury backs Rambus. More legal action to follow. TAGS: Rambus Inc., Hynix Semiconductor Inc., memory maker, verdict, Infineon Technologies AG, jury, patent, royalty, suit, SDRAM, memory, lawsuit, Silicon Valley, PC company, PC

Static over RFID

September 13, 2004 A key patent holder wants royalties. If that starts a trend, adoption of the wireless tagging technology could suffer. TAGS: RFID, royalty, Intermec Technologies Corp., protocol, Symbol Technologies Inc., RFID tag, reader, tagging, patent, intellectual property, retailer

Java hardware start-up Azul sues Sun

March 15, 2006 Start-up says Sun threatened to sue for patent infringement unless it paid steep royalties, gave Sun a company stake. TAGS: Azul Systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., Java program, royalty, Java, patent, start-up, litigation, intellectual property, agreement, server
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