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OSDL hires lawyer, opens China office

August 27, 2004 The lab home of Linux founder Linus Torvalds hires an intellectual-property attorney and says hello to Beijing. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, Beijing, consortium, attorney, intellectual property, lawyer, founder, office, Linux, China

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

Intellectual-property precedent could help Microsoft appeal

March 25, 2004 A decision in an earlier European antitrust case involving the health care industry could bode well for the software maker as it prepares its appeal. TAGS: IBM IMS, intellectual property, antitrust, Judge, attorney, Brad Smith, argument, commission, decision, health, order, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows

Attorney: GPLv3 may not bind Microsoft

July 25, 2007 Software giant likely will be able to extricate itself from the implications of the open-source license, lawyer says. TAGS: GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, Novell Inc., GPL, agreement, lawyer, open source, Microsoft Corp., intellectual property, attorney

Man charged with hacking USC database

April 20, 2006 Prosecutors allege the San Diego man nabbed sensitive info on more than 275,000 people from a university system. TAGS: hacking, attorney, San Diego, home PC, intellectual property, database, U.S.

Three convictions in Net piracy sweeps

March 9, 2005 Software pirates plead guilty, face up to 10 years in prison, in largest multinational Net piracy investigation to date. TAGS: piracy, men, prosecutor, intellectual property, attorney, U.S.

Settling down?

April 2, 2004 Microsoft's top attorney, Brad Smith, says the software giant's recent antitrust settlements reflect its "very committed" stance on industry collaboration. TAGS: Brad Smith, patent, interoperability, intellectual property, antitrust, open-source community, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Windows Server, collaboration, attorney, Microsoft .NET, open source, Java, Linux, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

SCO suit now seeks $3 billion from IBM

June 17, 2003 SCO Group ups the ante in an amendment to its suit against IBM, seeking more than $3 billion in damages for alleged copying of proprietary Unix intellectual property into Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Linus Torvalds, Unix, amendment, Utah, Linux, intellectual property, IBM Corp., damage, suit, attorney, litigation, claim, code, Novell Inc.

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, Google Inc., intellectual property, lawyer, protection, attorney, GUI, design

Patents raise stakes in search wars

February 26, 2004 The dispute between Yahoo and Google over keyword auction method offers an early sign of the intellectual property struggles to come in one of the Web's hottest markets. TAGS: Overture Services Inc., patent, intellectual property, AltaVista Co., Internet search advertising, Yahoo! Inc., Internet search, sign, R&D, Google Inc., attorney, search engine, acquisition, Microsoft Corp.

State AGs warn file-sharing companies

August 5, 2004 Top state cops cite child porn users and privacy, copyright concerns in critical letter to P2P firms. TAGS: entertainment company, file-sharing, P2P, attorney, P2P file sharing, letter, entertainment, consulting, privacy, intellectual property, state, CEO

Judge accepts expanded SCO lawsuit

February 28, 2004 A judge OKs the SCO Group's changes to a lawsuit against IBM that now seeks $5 billion in damages for Big Blue's alleged moving of Unix intellectual property into Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., damage, suit, lawsuit, Judge, Utah, intellectual property, Novell Inc., attorney

Web services patents fetch $15.5 million

December 7, 2004 Mysterious winning bidder in Commerce One patent auction dashes out of court without discussing plans. TAGS: Commerce One, bidder, auction, bankruptcy, patent, attorney, bid, Web service, IBM Corp., lawyer, intellectual property, software company, Microsoft Corp.

SCO opens new front in Linux war

December 23, 2003 SCO Group targets a new group in an effort to profit from what it says is illegal use of Unix intellectual property in Linux, but Novell claims it still holds copyrights. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., wrench, Novell Inc., Unix, licensee, Linux, intellectual property, auditing, Linux seller, letter, IBM Corp., attorney, AT&T Corp., operating system, open source

Hollywood group drops DVD-copying case

January 23, 2004 A request by the DVD Copy Control Association to California courts marks the close of the last prominent legal battle over DeCSS code. TAGS: DeCSS, DVD-copying, trade secret, Hollywood, attorney, appeals court, code, First Amendment, DVD, protection, decision, intellectual property, California

Open-source luminaries spurn SCO

July 31, 2003 Linux development leader Linus Torvalds and Free Software Foundation attorney Eben Moglen reject SCO Group's argument that Linux users should pay license fees for using the OS. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Linus Torvalds, Free Software Foundation, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., Open Source Development Labs, license, attorney, work, open source, code, intellectual property, leader, operating system

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, Utah, Unix, Linux, attorney, intellectual property

Year in review: Linux under attack

December 19, 2003 Lawsuits, threats and conspiracy theories swirled across the open-source landscape as the Linux operating system gained new converts. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Linux, Unix, David Boies, IBM Corp., Red Hat Inc., Linux seller, intellectual property, lawsuit, suit, open source, desktop computer, attorney, attack, operating system, server

Red Hat's case against SCO put on hold

April 7, 2004 A federal judge denies SCO's motion to throw out a suit brought by the Linux seller but put the case on hold, awaiting an outcome in a related case. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., Red Hat Inc., Unix, Linux, suit, outcome, Novell Inc., motion, Linux seller, IBM Corp., federal judge, intellectual property, attorney, open source, operating system

SCO targets federal supercomputer users

March 19, 2004 The company sends letters threatening two Energy Department facilities with legal action for using Linux. TAGS: SCO Group Inc., supercomputer, legal action, Linux, letter, Unix, facility, intellectual property, IBM Corp., open source, attorney
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