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Gauging Microsoft threat to Europe's Linux users

September 20, 2007 Company could call on patents filed with the European Patent Office to sue U.K. open-source users, but the situation's complicated. TAGS: patent, U.K., Europe, Linux, supplier, Microsoft Corp., open-source software, threat, U.S., open source

Week in review: Microsoft's patent offensive

May 18, 2007 Company identifies infringed-on patents, invites infringers to strike licensing deals. Not many takers, so far. TAGS: patent, Novell Inc., open-source software, reader, open source, Week in review, intellectual property, software company, Microsoft Corp., Linux, U.S.

Microsoft snags XML-related patent

February 12, 2004 The company wins another U.S. patent for XML-related technology, one of the first in an expected flood of filings surrounding the fast-growing standard. TAGS: XML, patent, standard, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp., software company, U.S.

Microsoft balances patents, standards

February 3, 2004 Recent XML-related patents illustrate the software giant's balancing act between supporting open standards and profiting from its inventions. TAGS: Stephen O'Grady, patent, XML, standards, open standard, adoption, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., antitrust, Web service, document, Europe, Microsoft Word, U.S.

Patent overhaul gets a boost

October 31, 2003 Warning that patents of dubious legitimacy can slow innovation and stifle competition, the head of the Federal Trade Commission recommends new procedures for challenging patents. TAGS: Tim Muris, patent, procedure, innovation, technology company, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

High court wrestles with software patent questions

February 21, 2007 Justices quiz attorneys of foes Microsoft and AT&T on whether U.S. software makers are liable for code used abroad. TAGS: American Software, AT&T Corp., blueprint, justice, U.S. company, patent, attorney, software company, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Supreme Court to review Microsoft patent appeal

October 27, 2006 Case stemming from spat with AT&T could change how damages are awarded for infringement of U.S. patents on software shipped overseas. TAGS: liability, infringement, AT&T Corp., damage, decision, R&D, U.S. company, court, patent, U.S., Microsoft Corp., component, software company

Microsoft patent case stirs software export fears

February 21, 2007 In unlikely combination, U.S. government and advocates of free and open-source software are backing Microsoft in patent spat with AT&T. TAGS: American Software, AT&T Corp., U.S. company, open-source software, patent, tax, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

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, patent, Lucent Technologies Inc., damage, Alcatel, U.S. company, AT&T Corp., Week in review, reader, lawyer, intellectual property, Microsoft Corp., U.S., open source, MP3, video

IBM offers 500 patents for open-source use

January 11, 2005 Big Blue will let open-source developers use 500 software patents without fear of infringement lawsuits. TAGS: patent, software patent, open source, open-source software, IBM Corp., Linux, fear, open standard, Linux seller, operating system, HP, U.S., database, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft sued over music downloads

October 13, 2003 A small New York company files a lawsuit against Microsoft, charging that the software giant's new music download service in Europe infringes on a patent nearly 20 years old. TAGS: E-Data, Tiscali, music download, patent, music company, point-of-sale, New York, spokesman, Microsoft Corp., Europe, music, U.S., Apple Computer, CD

Microsoft: Patent overhaul needed now

March 11, 2005 Proposed changes include cutting back on litigation--a potential boon for the company, which spends $100 million a year on IP lawsuits. TAGS: Brad Smith, software patent, patent, European Union, litigation, Europe, Microsoft Corp., U.S.

E-Data sues Getty Images and Corbis

May 4, 2004 Digital media company E-Data files a patent infringement lawsuit over the downloading of data onto "tangible objects," the latest moves in its effort to protect its intellectual property. TAGS: E-Data, Corbis, Getty Images, digital media company, patent, litigation, media company, lawsuit, digital media, object, intellectual property, Europe, U.S., photograph, Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Tell it to the judge

December 1, 2006 Some of the weightier issues facing the tech world were before the Supreme Court this week. TAGS: carbon, emission, patent, Week in review, reader, U.S., Microsoft Corp.

Week in review: Virus king

January 30, 2004 All eyes were on security as a fast-moving e-mail virus claimed the crown as the worst ever, and along the way it managed to make enemies of two software heavyweights. TAGS: MyDoom virus, Eolas Technologies Inc., e-mail virus, SCO Group Inc., virus, Week in review, Microsoft Internet Explorer, patent, security, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., U.S., e-mail, server, PC, Microsoft Windows
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