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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Visto sues Microsoft for patent infringement
December 15, 2005
After linking up with RIM nemesis NTP, Visto goes after Windows Mobile and says Microsoft's back at antitrust game.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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