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Patent Suit Getting Real for Mircosoft - Kombo.com

3 July 2009, 11:39 am

Kombo.comPatent Suit Getting Real for MircosoftKombo.comI'm not usually one for getting excited over patents, or spending all day looking at legal documents, but this particular patent suit caught my eye today. ...Judge: Microsoft's 'frivolous' actions wasted court's timeSeattle ... Read More »

Apple fixing iPhone root vulnerability; patents new technologies - Mobile Burn

3 July 2009, 6:18 am

Ars TechnicaApple fixing iPhone root vulnerability; patents new technologiesMobile BurnApple is working to fix an iPhone SMS exploit that could give an attacker root access to vital phone services. IDG News reports that the vulnerability could ...Apple patents haptic feedback and fingerprint scanner... Read More »

Clever Linux folk find way around Microsoft FAT file system patent - Geek.com

3 July 2009, 5:34 am

Ars TechnicaClever Linux folk find way around Microsoft FAT file system patentGeek.comAndrew Tridgell, one of the lead developers on the Samba project, may have developed a workaround which will bypass a Microsoft patent on the ubiquitous FAT ...Linux Kernel Patch Works Around Microsoft's FAT Pa... Read More »

Sony patents amazing “WeebleDong” motion control system - CrunchGear

3 July 2009, 4:49 am

EndSightsSony patents amazing “WeebleDong” motion control systemCrunchGearThe patent says objects include “items such as coffee mugs, drinking glasses, books, bottles, etc.” Clearly Sony researchers were in their cups when they ...Sony patents more motion techCVG OnlineSony Patents New Motio... Read More »

Patent Filings to Become More Convenient - 조선일보(영문판)

2 July 2009, 7:44 pm

Patent Filings to Become More Convenient조선일보(영문판)Starting July, registering for patents will become easier, and the application turnaround time will be shortened for trademarks involving green technology. ...Sun's Incubation Platform: Helping Startups Serve the EnterpriseSYS-CON Me... Read More »

Dish Wins Stay in tivo Spat - Wall Street Journal

2 July 2009, 8:34 am

Multichannel NewsDish Wins Stay in tivo SpatWall Street JournalA ruling last month -- which found Dish's efforts to bypass tivo's patents inadequate -- was seen by many as the final straw that would force both sides ...Dish gets stay, tivo shares fall Silicon Valley / San Jose ...Bizjournals... Read More »

Sweden Aims High for Creation of a Single EU Patent System - PC World

2 July 2009, 6:23 am

Sweden Aims High for Creation of a Single EU Patent SystemPC WorldThe creation of the so-called Community Patent has eluded policy makers for over 30 years but a Swedish diplomat said progress was possible. ...and more »... Read More »

Will Toyota's Patents Block or Spur Hybrid Competition? - Reuters

1 July 2009, 8:24 pm

BBC NewsWill Toyota's Patents Block or Spur Hybrid Competition?ReutersIt took an early lead with the launch of its Prius, and has hung onto it, acquiring patents along the way — or, as The Wall Street Journal put it today, ...Toyota Builds Thicket of Patents Around Hybrid To Block CompetitorsW... Read More »

Sony Patents PS2 Software Emulation, Already Offers It - PC World

30 June 2009, 9:50 am

Slippery BrickSony Patents PS2 Software Emulation, Already Offers ItPC WorldThey've picked up on an incidental story by a tech site that communicates in fragments concerning Sony's recent filing to patent emulation of its legacy PS2 ...PS3 could play PS2 games again as Sony patents new techn... Read More »

Abbott Told To Pay J&J $1.67 Billion Over Patent - Wall Street Journal

29 June 2009, 8:28 pm

Straits TimesAbbott Told To Pay J&J $1.67 Billion Over PatentWall Street JournalA federal jury in Texas Monday upheld the patent on Johnson & Johnson's arthritis treatment Remicade and ordered Abbott Laboratories ...UI sues drugmaker alleging patent infringementUI The Daily IowanCentocor Ortho B... Read More »

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