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December 2005

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• December 10 2005
  • Patent Decision Favors Gateway [Red Herring - CA,USA]
  • NASA MSFC Notice of Prospective Patent License [Space Ref - USA]
  • WIPO urges India to invest in IP resources [Times of India - India]
  • Creative To Sue Apple Over iPod UI Patent Theft? [Playfuls.com - Targu Mures,Romania]
  • NASA JPL Notice of Prospective Patent License [Space Ref - USA]
  • Patent suitor NTP wants royalties of more than $900 million from BlackBerry maker RIM [FinFacts Ireland - Ireland]
• December 9 2005
  • Gateway Prevails Over HP in Patent Dispute [InternetNews.com - USA]
  • For Pete's sake, stop the patent madness now! The NTP vs. RIM case MUST wait. [ZDNet - USA]
  • Gateway wins patent appeal in HP suit [ZDNet - USA]
  • BlackBerry Maker Enters Patent Negotiations [KSBW Channel.com - Salinas,CA,USA]
  • Apple to Face Patent Challenge [Red Herring - CA,USA]
• December 8 2005
  • Patent Reform 2005 -- It is Over [Patently-O - Chicago,IL,USA]
  • Point2 Technologies Grants Patent License To Shutterfly On Photo Formatting And Storage Technology, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Apple faces iPod patent dispute [BBC News - UK]
  • Panel Backs Ruling on Memory Patent [New York Times - United States]
• December 7 2005
  • MatrixOne Granted Patent for Semiconductor IP Management; Comprehensive Patent Enables Collaborative Development and Component Reuse in Advanced Semiconductor Design [TMCnet - USA]
  • STMicro Wins Ruling, SanDisk Says Files Patent Suit [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
• December 6 2005
  • New Patent Ruling Places RIM and Its Customers at Risk [Gartner - Stamford,CT,USA]
  • A Look at the US Patent System [Slashdot - USA]
  • NetClarity Files Patent Application for Proactive Network Security for VoIP [ag-IP-news Agency - Amman,Jordan]
  • Microsoft makes changes to IE after patent battle [ComputerWeekly.com - UK]
  • Supreme Court Has Agreed to Hear a Highly Important Patent Case [Mondaq News Alerts - London,UK]
  • SanDisk files patent lawsuit against STM [BusinessWeek - USA]
• December 5 2005
  • Motions in Magma-Synopsys Patent Case to be Determined Without Oral Argument; Court Ruling Acknowledges Magma as Owner of Record, Synopsys Might Demonstrate Co-Ownership, press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
  • Musicrypt Receives Allowance of US Patent Application, press release, [Market Wire - USA]
  • Sigaba Granted Key Federated Authentication Patent, press release, [Yahoo! News - USA]
  • To Sidestep Eolas Patent, Microsoft Plots IE Changes [WinInformant.com - Cleveland,OH,USA]
  • RIM wins patent victory [VNUNet.com - Haarlem,Netherlands]
  • China, Europe to shape future patent cooperation [Xinhua - China]
  • Eolas patent ruling provokes IE tweak [Register - London,England,UK]
  • US Patent Office rejects remaining NTP vs RIM patent [Register - London,England,UK]
  • NetClarity Files Patent [Light Reading - USA]
• December 4 2005
  • PUBPAT Claims "Substantial" Victory in Lipitor Patent Challenge [Patent Baristas - Cincinnati,OH,USA]
  • New Zealander Takes on Amazon's Patent [Patent Baristas - Cincinnati,OH,USA]
  • BlackBerry Smackdown [MSNBC - USA]
  • Patent sanity is pending [Los Angeles Times - CA,USA]
• December 3 2005
  • In Eolas Patent Twist, Microsoft Modifies IE [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
  • UK Patent Office Launches Annual Report [Managing Information - UK]
  • Patent Office Receives Award For Customer Service Excellence [Managing Information - UK]
• December 2 2005
  • Period for Initial Blu-ray Disc(TM) Patent Submissions Extended; Initial Submissions Now Requested by February 15, 2006, press release, [CCNMatthews - Toronto,ON,Canada]
  • How to patent a game in the UK [Out-Law.com - London,England,UK]
  • The United States Patent Office Eliminates its Technological-Arts Rejection and Aligns its Examination Procedure with Existing Federal Law [Mondaq News Alerts - London,UK]
  • Fargo gets adverse ruling in patent case [BusinessWeek - USA]
  • Momentum In Patent Case Seen Shifting To Favor RIM [Forbes - USA]
• December 1 2005
  • Man Group settles Trading Technology patent lawsuit [Finextra - UK]
  • eSoft Granted Patent for Subscription Management, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • How to Electronically File Patent Assignments [Patently-O - Chicago,IL,USA]
  • MSV Announces First European ATC Patent, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • RIM battles PDA patent holder in UK court [Register - London,England,UK]
  • Move in Blackberry patent challenge [Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia]

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November 2005

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• November 30 2005
  • Protegrity Granted Patent for Encryption of Databases Based on a Combination of Software and Hardware , press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Blackberry Workarounds Readied To Sidestep Patent Problems [InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA]
• November 29 2005
  • USPTO Publishes Patent Search Templates [ag-IP-news Agency - Amman,Jordan]
  • How to search for prior art with US Patent Office [Out-Law.com - London,England,UK]
  • US Supreme Court to hear E-bay patent case [DMasia.com - Montigny sur Loing,France]
  • Research In Motion Opens UK Lawsuit Over BlackBerry Patent [Bloomberg - USA]
  • Supreme Court to hear eBay patent case plea [San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA]
• November 28 2005
  • US high court will hear eBay patent appeal [iT News - Australia]
  • Dons divided on plans to hand over patent rights to Cambridge University [Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom]
  • Patent Visibility [ComputerWorld - USA]
  • MultiGen-Paradigm Receives U.S. Patent for Virtual Texture Technology , press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Cheaper refills vs. patent profits [CNN - USA]
  • Supreme Court To Hear eBay Patent-Infringement Appeal [InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA]
• November 27 2005
  • European Patent Office At Online Information 2005 [Managing Information - UK]
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Receives Record Number of Patent and Trademark Applications for 2005, press release, [Community Dispatch - USA]
  • [Rev] Revolution Virtual Console patent exposed...maybe [N-Sider.com - San Francisco,CA,USA]
• November 26 2005
  • RIM Lawsuit Rages On [Teleclick.ca - Victoria,BC,Canada]
  • Revolution virtual console patent uncovered? [Joystiq - Santa Monica,CA,USA]
  • Nintendo Revolution virtual console patent uncovered? [addict3d.org - USA]
• November 25 2005
  • Inside Entrepreneurship: How to pursue a trademark application [Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA]
  • Via Licensing Offers Joint Patent License for TV-Anytime Standard [Wireless Design & Development Asia - Singapore]
  • TiVo Files Patent For RFID Schema [Slashdot - USA]
  • Qualcomm denies its decision to collect patent fees on TD-SCDMA [Xinhua - China]
  • Amazon triumphs in 1-Click patent defence [Register - London,England,UK]
  • RIM facing tough choices as patent suit ruling looms [San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA]
• November 24 2005
  • USPTO Receives Record Number of Patent and Trademark Applications for 2005 [ag-IP-news Agency - Amman,Jordan]
  • TiVo files patent for RFID personal video recorder [iT News - Australia]
  • European patent chief urges to protect intellectual property [Xinhua - China]
  • China to Revise Patent Laws [Forbes - USA]
  • Amazon 1-click patent decision upheld [ZDNet UK - UK]
  • RIM accused of patent foot-dragging [Silicon.com - UK]
• November 23 2005
  • Joint Patent License Now Available for TV-Anytime Standard [InteractiveTV Today [itvt] - San Francisco,CA,USA]
  • BlackBerry maker reduces sales forecast as patent case imperils US sales [FinFacts Ireland - Ireland]
  • OSDL Launches Online Patent Commons Reference Library [Government Technology - Folsom,CA,USA]
  • GraphOn sues AutoTrader.com in patent dispute [San Jose Business Journal - CA,USA]
  • TiVo applies for patent on personalised TV recorders [PC Pro - UK]
  • TiVo Files Patent For RFID-Based Video Recorder [InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA]
• November 22 2005
  • Telcos united on anti-patent laws [Register - London,England,UK]
  • Greece: EPO Aims to Establish a Patent Culture in Europe [Reporter.gr - Athens,Greece]
  • Europe told to budge on patent rules [Silicon.com - UK]
  • How RIM patent suit became judge's nightmare [Canada.com - Canada]
• November 21 2005
  • Trilateral Patent Offices Set to Improve Mutual Exploitation of Their Work [ag-IP-news Agency - Amman,Jordan]
  • US Multinationals Overseas Profits: Ireland's patent income tax-exemption may fund over 5% of Irish Government annual spending in 2006 [FinFacts Ireland - Ireland]
  • Apple sued for patent infringment [PC Pro - UK]
• November 20 2005
  • How patent suit became judge's nightmare [Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA]
• November 19 2005
  • Intellectual Property Rights Must be Balanced with Research Needs [Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City,MO,USA]
  • Patent Applications Continue to Rise Each Year [Black Enterprise - New York,NY,USA]
  • Experts Dispute Effectiveness of Open-Source Patent Pools [LinuxElectrons - Cedar Park,TX,USA]
• November 18 2005
  • Patent holder seeks royalties from Univ. [Yale Daily News - USA]
  • TSU prof awarded software patent [Nashville Business Journal - Nashville,TN,USA]
  • The American Patent Syste Its Role In Determining Our Future [Hellenic News of America - USA]
  • Shredding History And Outsourcing Patent Searches By Beverly Selby [Hellenic News of America - USA]
  • PUBPAT challeges JPEG patent [Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK]
• November 17 2005
  • MPEG LA Issues Expanded AVC Patent Portfolio License [Data Compression News Blog - USA]
  • Sticky Web, Inc. Signs Agreement with General Patent Corporation [TMCnet - USA]
  • Station Casinos Wins Patent Dispute [Forbes - USA]
  • Foundation Targets JPEG Patent for Elimination [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
• November 16 2005
  • Pubpat Challenges Data Compression Patent To Protect Jpeg Format: Patent Office Provided New Evidence Proving Patent Asserted Against International Standard Is Invalid, press release, [PR Web - Ferndale,WA,USA]
  • Paltronics Inc. Announces Mikohn Gaming Corp. Dismisses Patent Infringement Lawsuit, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Progressive Gaming International No Longer Pursuing Patent Suit against Paltronics; Reiterating Focus on Software, Content and Technology, press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
  • zed.i solutions inc. Announces the Issuance of a Patent on its Smart-Alek(R) Technology by the United States Patent Office, Communiqués de presse, [CCNMatthews - Canada]
  • Court rejects UK web lotto game patent appeal [Register - London,England,UK]
  • RIM "very comfortable" with NTP patent workaround [Reuters - USA]
  • OSDL says patent threat to Linux is receding [ZDNet UK - UK]
• November 15 2005
  • WorldSync wins patent for SyncDeK [Macworld - San Francisco,CA,USA]
  • Patent Commons Library Opens Doors [DevX.com - Darien,CT,USA]
  • MPEG LA Issues Expanded AVC Patent Portfolio License; Royalty Rates Remain the Same, press release, [CCNMatthews - Toronto,ON,Canada]
  • OSDL launches royalty-free patent search [PC Pro - UK]
  • Feds weigh in on Blackberry patent lawsuit [CNET News.com - United States]
• November 14 2005
  • HTH Worldwide Wins Patent in Australia for Global Health Online Tools and Databases , press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
  • Introduction to Patent Law Book Review [Patently-O - Chicago,IL,USA]
  • Global Locate Issued Assisted-GPS Patent for Increasing Sensitivity in MS-Based Mode, press release, [Market Wire - USA]
  • Feds jump into BlackBerry patent dispute [Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA]
• November 13 2005
  • Open Invention Network to buy and license patents for free [TechWhack - Delhi,India]
  • Patent strategy attracts a crowd [Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Rochester,NY,USA]
• November 11 2005
  • Amazon Gets Patent on Consumer Reviews [Slashdot - USA]
  • Apple's lockdown patent lacks method and apparatus [Register - London,England,UK]
  • Antigravity Machine Patent Draws Physicists' Ire [National Geographic - Washington,D.C.,USA]
  • Linux gets open source patent boost [PC Pro - UK]
• November 10 2005
  • 3D Systems Announces That German Federal Patent Court Declared Invalid DSM German Patent [Finanzen.net - Germany]
  • Patent Office seeks feedback on cutting paperwork [EE Times UK - UK]
  • Google Personalization Patent Filed [WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA]
  • Supreme Court poised to take up patent law reform [Financial Times - London,England,UK]
  • Apple Patent Stirring Controversy [Softpedia - USA]
  • Patent granted for antigravity device [CNET News.com - United States]
  • RIM Patent Case Likely to Move Forward [Wireless Week - USA]
  • Linux Backers Form Patent-Sharing Firm [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
  • HP plays the patent game [ZDNet - USA]
• November 9 2005
  • RIM shares weaken after latest patent case ruling [Reuters.uk - UK]
  • Google's Personalized Results Patent [Search Engine Watch - USA]
  • Apple tries to patent 'tamper-resistant software' [ZDNet - USA]
  • USPTO Issues Landmark Patent For Breakthrough In Wireless Tracking, press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
  • Patent issued for anti-gravity device, press release, [Science Daily - USA]
• November 8 2005
  • Qualcomm files patent suit against Nokia [Techworld.com - London,UK]
  • CipherPass Corporation Announces C~suite's Patent Pending Status [ag-IP-news Agency - Amman,Jordan]
• November 7 2005
  • Nokia to contest Qualcomm patent lawsuit [Reuters - USA]
  • Websense gets 2nd patent for web filtering technology [India Infoline.com - Mumbay,India]
  • Google Patent for User Targeted Search Results [SDA Asia Magazine - Singapore]
  • Websense Awarded Second Patent for Flexible Web Filtering Technology [TechWeb - USA]
  • Govt to hear further on patent rule [Economic Times - India]
  • World's 1st storyline patent? [p2pnet.net - Ontario,Canada]
  • From science fair to patent office [CommsDesign - USA]
• November 6 2005
  • From the Editor [Auctionbytes - USA]
• November 5 2005
  • Patent Office Fees Consultation [Managing Information - UK]
• November 4 2005
  • US man seeks movie plotline patent [Register - London,England,UK]
  • Europe's top judges start campaign on patent cases [Financial Times - London,England,UK]
  • Townsend Names Will Harvey in Patent Suit Over Virtual Reality and IMVU, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Google's Library and Organic Patent [iMedia Connection - Dana Point,CA,USA]
• November 3 2005
  • U.S. Patent Office Publishes the First Patent Application to Claim a Fictional Storyline; Inventor Asserts Provisional Rights Against Hollywood, press release, [PR Web - Ferndale,WA,USA]
  • Are Major Changes in Store for the US Patent System [Mondaq News Alerts - World]
  • Intel Strikes $10M MPU Patent Licensing Agreement [Electronic News - San Jose,CA,USA]
  • Private Trading Systems Files Provisional Patent on Electronic Trading System,press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
  • Google Patent : Organic Results Ranked by User Profiling [Search Engine Journal - USA]
• November 2 2005
  • Effective Management of US Patent Litigation - Continued [Mondaq News Alerts - World]
  • Sony Ericsson files patent for cellphone eavesdropping feature [engadget - Santa Monica,CA,USA]
  • Microsoft loses IE patent case appeal [GameSHOUT - USA]
• November 1 2005
  • Gates' Microsoft Sees No End To Patent Dispute [Forbes - USA]
  • Forgent settles another patent infringement case [Austin Business Journal - Austin,TX,USA]
  • FreePatentsOnline.com Announces Free Patent Searching Database, press release, [Emediawire - Ferndale,WA,USA]
  • Google's Greatest Patent Hits Now On CD! [WebProNews - Lexington,KY,USA]
  • Supreme Court Spurns Microsoft Patent Appeal [LaSalute.net - Udine,Italy]

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October 2005

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• October 31 2005
  • Supreme Court won't review Microsoft patent appeal [ZDNet - USA]
  • Research In Motion Licenses JPEG Patent [DevX.com - Darien,CT,USA]
  • Forgent Announces Patent License Agreement With Electronics for Imaging, Inc., press release, [Market Wire - USA]
  • Qualcomm Denies Unfair Patent Terms - Statement [Mobile Europe - UK]
• October 30 2005
  • Patent Stalker [Forbes - USA]
• October 29 2005
  • The eBay Patent Wars: PESA Summit Skirmish [Auctionbytes - USA]
• October 28 2005
  • RIM Inks Patent License Agreement with Forgent [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
  • Issuance of trademark and patent certificates placed on fast track [Financial Express - Bombay,India]
  • CD burner patent case knocked out and 'kicked upstairs' [Out-Law.com - London,England,UK]
  • Wireless firms ask EU to probe Qualcomm's 3G patent licensing conduct [Forbes - USA]
  • Vodafone Sweden Introduces BlackBerry Connect, press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
• October 27 2005
  • Justice won't stay RIM patent ruling [Reuters - USA]
  • Sonic Solutions Announces Patent Ruling [MSN Money - USA]
  • Magma Design sues Synopsys in patent dispute [Reuters - USA]
  • NetRatings Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit With Visual Sciences, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • 01 Communique Files Patent Application for its Remote PC Wake-Up Technology, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
• October 26 2005
  • RIM patent appeal rebuffed by high court [Silicon.com - UK]
  • BlackBerry patent suit to go on [San Diego Union Tribune - United States]
  • Forgent Announces Patent License Agreement With Research In Motion Limited, press release, [Market Wire - USA]
  • RIM inks deal for JPEG patent [ZDNet - USA]
  • USPTO Issues Interim Guidelines for Examination of Patent Applications for Patent Subject Matter [Patent Baristas - Cincinnati,OH,USA]
  • NetRatings Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit [Daily Research News Online - UK]
• October 25 2005
  • IBM opens patent vault for healthcare development [PC Pro - UK]
  • RIM patent battle reaches US Supreme Court [Ottawa Business Journal - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada]
  • Four Japanese companies sued for MPU patent infringement [EE Times Online - USA]
• October 24 2005
  • Consumers Caught in Patent Case Crossfire [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
  • Bright Things plc Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent on Interactive DVD Technology, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Intel pays 17-year-old patent suit settlement [San Jose Mercury News - United States]
• October 23 2005
  • Tessera sues AMD, Spansion over patent violation [Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK]
• October 22 2005
  • RIM faces setback in US patent suit battle [London Free Press - Canada]
  • Bill targets 'patent trolls' [Indianapolis Star - United States]
  • The Governments new patent-plan, will actually encourage this abuse... [CNET News.com - United States]
• October 21 2005
  • New setback for RIM in patent tussle [Reuters - USA]
  • XML co-inventor Bray responds to patent assault [ZDNet - USA]
• October 20 2005
  • Digimarc and Cinea Sign Patent Licensing Agreement for Forensic Tracking; New License Supports Effort to Deliver Expanded Forensic Watermarking Solutions for the Motion Picture and Television Industries, press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
  • A market for ideas [Economist - UK]
• October 19 2005
  • Teles obtains US patent also for VoIP telephony method [Heise Online - Hannover,Germany]
  • Hyperion Files Patent Infringement Claim Against HyperRoll, press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
• October 18 2005
  • Forgent Announces Patent License Agreement With Color Dreams, Inc., press release, [Market Wire - USA]
  • Patent dispute threatens prepaid wireless service [Reuters - USA]
  • HyperRoll Patent Upheld, press release, [Yahoo! News - USA]
• October 16 2005
  • Microsoft patent filings up 5 times in 2004 [Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India]
  • Important software patent granted to Eolas Technologies [Newstarget.com - Taichung,Taiwan]
  • Patent Board Eliminates "Technological Arts" Requirement For Business Method Patents [Patently-O - Chicago,IL,USA]
• October 15 2005
  • NTT Data Develops Patent Document Analysis System Based on Natural Language Processing Technology, press release, [Japan Corporate News - Tokyo,Japan]
• October 14 2005
  • Cash Systems, Inc. Awarded Patent, press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
• October 13 2005
  • RIM could face billion-dollar patent liability with BlackBerry [Globe and Mail - Canada]
• October 12 2005
  • Rise of the patent trolls [ZDNet - USA]
  • Vykor Awarded Patent for Capturing, Managing and Disseminating Manufacturing Intelligence, press release, [Yahoo! News - USA]
• October 11 2005
  • Radio IP Software Secures Patent on Optimized TCP/IP for Wireless Data Communications, press release, [Yahoo! News - USA]
  • IBM Drops Patent Fight With SCO [InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA]
• October 10 2005
  • IBM withdraws SCO patent infringement claims [Techworld.com - London,UK]
  • VoIP's Growth Sparks Patent-Infringement Lawsuit [InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA]
  • Empirix Awarded Patent for Key Component of End-to-End Testing Solution for CRM Environments, press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
• October 9 2005
  • IBM Drops Patent Counterclaims in SCO Case [Data Compression News Blog - USA]
  • RIM loses appeal against NTP [engadget - Santa Monica,CA,US]
  • Apple, others still fighting JPEG patent [Data Compression News Blog - USA]
• October 8 2005
  • IBM Drops Patent Counterclaims in SCO Case [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
  • District Court Deemed LizardTech's DWT Patent Invalid [Data Compression News Blog - USA]
• October 7 2005
  • Rehearing in BlackBerry patent suit denied [USA Today - USA]
• October 6 2005
  • Microsoft suffers FAT patent setback [VNUNet.com - Haarlem,Netherlands]
  • Microsoft loses file-system patent claims [ZDNet UK - UK]
  • Sprint Nextel Files VoIP Patent Suit Against Vonage, Others [DevShed - UT,USA]
  • ImageWare Signs $500k Patent Licensing Agreement, press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
• October 5 2005
  • Patent law truce ends UN deadlock [Financial Times - London,England,UK]
  • Sprint Nextel Sues Vonage, Others In VoIP Patent Dispute [InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA]
  • DEQ Obtains a Canadian Patent for a New Reward System for the Players, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Microsoft FAT Patent Gets Thumbs Down [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
  • Apple, others in the dock over JPEG patent [Macworld UK - UK]
  • Apple, others still fighting JPEG patent [MacNN - USA]
• October 4 2005
  • Sprint Nextel files VoIP patent infringement suit [Mobile Tracker - Tampa,FL,USA]
  • UC Defeats Microsoft Patent Suit [Daily Californian - Berkeley,CA,USA]
  • Sun makes OpenDocument patent pledge [Computer Business Review - UK]
  • Sony wizards up wand patent promise [Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK]
• October 3 2005
  • Patent Office provides professional opinions [EE Times UK - UK]
  • AMD settles patent suits with Acacia [Computer Business Review - UK]
• October 2 2005
  • Patent Shock for Microsoft: PTO Says Eolas is Valid [SYS-CON Media - Montvale,NJ,USA]
• October 1 2005
  • Patent high court sides with Justsystem icon [The Japan Times - Japan]
  • Sun throws its patent weight behind OpenDocuments [VNUNet.com - Haarlem,Netherlands]
  • AMD, Acacia resolve patent disputes through licensing agreements [EE Times Online - USA]
  • New Opinions Service to Help UK Businesses Avoid Unnecessary Patent Litigation [ag-IP-news Agency - Amman,Jordan]

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September 2005

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• September 30 2005
  • Patent Office Issue Licensing Advice [Managing Information - UK]
  • US Patent Office upholds Eolas patent [PC Pro - UK]
  • RIM declares another victory in patent spat [ZDNet - USA]
• September 29 2005
  • Metrologic Accused of Patent Infringement, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Microsoft loses bid to have patent tossed out [Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA]
  • AmberWave Sues Intel For Patent Infringement [InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA]
  • Microsoft loses in Eolas patent ruling [ZDNet - USA]
• September 28 2005
  • AEP Networks Announces United States Patent Award in Secure Remote Application Access, press release, [Yahoo! News - USA]
• September 27 2005
  • Citadel Security Software Receives Notice of Patent Allowance for Automated Vulnerability Remediation Technology, press release, [Market Wire - USA]
  • 'Patent only helps developed countries' [Newindpress - Chennai,India]
• September 26 2005
  • Patent reform would change business pace [Bizjournals.com - Charlotte,NC,USA]
  • Award nominations for anti-patent campaigners [Register - London,England,UK]
  • Patent problems hard to fix, Congress finds [South Florida Business Journal - Fort Lauderdale,FL,USA]
  • Sentillion Receives U.S. Patent for Unique Context Management Technology with Audit Capabilities, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Sticky Web Signs Letter of Intent With General Patent Corporation and IP Holdings, press release, [Market Wire - USA]
  • To Patent or Not to Patent? [Entrepreneur - USA]
• September 25 2005
  • Over-protecting the patently obvious [Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand]
  • NSA privacy busting patent [p2pnet.net - Ontario,Canada]
  • How open? That's the big patent question [CNET News.com - United States]
• September 24 2005
  • Anti-Patent Campaigner Nominated for EV Award [ag-IP-news Agency - Amman,Jordan]
• September 23 2005
  • Larry's little man can't get a UK software patent [Out-Law.com - London,England,UK]
  • Federal Circuit Upholds Patent Pool [Patently-O - Chicago,IL,USA]
  • Extraterritorial Expansion of US Patent Law [Mondaq News Alerts - World]
• September 22 2005
  • TransAct Technologies Receives Patent For Two-Color Printing Technology, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • NSA lodges geolocation patent [Register - London,England,UK]
• September 21 2005
  • Anti-Software Patent Activist Claims EU Favors Bureaucracy Over Free Market [ag-IP-news Agency - Amman,Jordan]
  • NSA granted Net location-tracking patent [ZDNet - USA]
  • Patent quality 'worst in technology industry' [ZDNet UK - UK]
  • Effective ways you can deal with patent, trademark office [San Francisco Chronicle - United States]
• September 20 2005
  • Upcoming Patent Law Conferences [Patently-O - Chicago,IL,USA]
  • Health Discovery Corporation Announces New Patent Issuance; Issued Patent Covers Support Vector Machine Pre-Processing Methods [Genetic Engineering News - Larchmont,NY,USA]
• September 19 2005
  • General Patent Corporation Wins Reexamination for Acticon Patents, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Reprise Media Launches FeedCast, Patent-Pending SEM Product Focused on the Publishing Industry, press release, [Internet Ad Sales - Taeby,NA,Sweden]
• September 17 2005
  • Ciprico trades up on new patent [Twin Cities Business Journal - Minneapolis,MN,USA]
• September 16 2005
  • OSDL plans software patent commons [Linux News - USA]
  • Acacia Scores Another Patent License [socalTech.com - Thousand Oaks,CA,USA]
  • Jeff Bezos: A patent madman, press release, [ITPRONTO - USA]
  • Vendor Claims BlackBerry Keyboard Infringes Patent [InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA]
• September 15 2005
  • Axeda Systems and Questra Corporation Announce Settlement of Their Patent Disputes, press release, [Yahoo! News - USA]
  • Patent-Pending PCImmunity(TM) Automates, Maintains Computer Security Programs, press release, [Yahoo! News - USA]
  • Questra Corporation and Axeda Systems Announce Settlement of Their Patent Disputes, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Trading Technologies and TransMarket Settle Patent Dispute [ag-IP-news Agency - Amman,Jordan]
  • RIM Involved in Another Patent Dispute [BlackberryBlast - USA]
  • Techies weigh in on patent bill [ZDNet - USA]
• September 14 2005
  • TCS Issued Patent for Enhanced E9-1-1 Location Information Using Voice Over Internet Protocol, press release, [Market Wire - USA]
  • Patent litigants pose growing threat to business [Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA]
  • SAFLINK Announces Patent Award, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
• September 13 2005
  • US Patent Quality Questioned in Industry Poll, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Cognex patent win upheld in appeals [Boston Business Journal - MA, USA]
  • Patent reform: Who's on first? [ZDNet - USA]
• September 12 2005
  • India to sign pact against patent arm-twisting [Economic Times - India]
  • Infotech and the law: Trouble lurks in proposed patent law changes [Washington Technology - Washington,DC,USA]
• September 10 2005
  • Apple applies for 'Electronic device holder' patent [MacDailyNews - USA]
• September 8 2005
  • New GPL Will Contain Patent Protection [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
  • CA joins open source patent alliance [CA joins open source patent alliance]
  • ePlus sues SAP for patent infringement [ZDNet - USA]
• September 7 2005
  • New GPL Version May Include Patent Retaliation Provision [TechNewsWorld - Sherman Oaks,CA,USA]
  • US Patent & Trademark Office Issues Expedited Patent for New Technology to Help the US Government "Counter Terrorism", press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • Finisar Earns Digital Diagnostics Patent Files Infringement Suit Against Agilent, press release, [Market Wire - USA]
  • Apple Files Patent for Portable Theft Detection System [The Mac Observer - USA]
  • Army Researchers Increase Patent Filings, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
• September 6 2005
  • New Free Software License Takes Aim at Patents [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
  • NASA Announces Software of the Year Award Winners, press release, [PR Newswire - New York,NY,USA]
  • New free software license takes aim at patents [Financial Express - Bombay,India]
  • Microsoft and Intel fall out over BlackBerry case [ZDNet UK - UK]
  • Aggrieved firm should sue US patent office [Inquirer - Harrow,Middlesex,UK]
  • inSORS Integrated Communications, Inc. Announces VoIP Patent, press release, [Business Wire - San Francisco,CA,USA]
  • News: The Latest IP Crime: ''Box-Wrap'' Patent Infringement [Warp2Search - USA]
  • US Patent Office Puts Private Tax, Other Data on Public Display, press release, [Yahoo! News - USA]
  • FSF moots patent retaliation clause for next GPL [Register - London,England,UK]
  • Legal worries led Massachusetts to open standards [ZDNet Australia - Australia]
• September 5 2005
  • GPL to be Modified to Penalize Patents and DRM [Slashdot]
  • Moving on With Patents and Open-Source Software [Computerworld Inc. - Framingham,United States]
  • What Is Reverse Engineering? [eWeek - Woburn,MA,USA]
  • Apple's iPod: Patent waves fabricated? [Seattle Times - United States]
  • Massachusetts concerned about XML patent [ZDNet UK - UK]
  • BL houses UK Patent Office search facility [Information World Review - London,UK]
  • London Search Facility of UK Patent Office Moves to the British Library [ag-IP-news Agency - Amman,Jordan]
  • Apple accused of violating Creative's software patents [Financial Express - Bombay,India]
  • Microsoft, Intel split on BlackBerry spat [ZDNet Asia]
• September 4 2005
  • RIM, with the support of Canada and Intel, Ask Court for Another Review of BlackBerry Patent Case [Patently-O - Chicago,IL,USA]
  • Chief Justice William Rehnquist, a Biography [Juicee News Daily]
  • Success or failure: Patent may be the difference [The News Journal]
  • EU Software Patent Debate Continues [ag-IP-news Agency]
• September 3 2005
  • bcgi to Appeal Decision in Patent Litigation [Technology News Daily]
  • Creative wins patent for song-navigation system [Borsa-Italia.Net]
• September 2 2005
  • The Latest IP Crime: "Box-Wrap" Patent Infringement [Corante]
  • Apple files patent for 'matrix multiplication in a vector processing system' [Macsimum]
  • Free Patent Search Information And Tips [WebProNews]
  • Presence of a Patent Issue in a Case Based on State Law Does Not, Alone, Create Federal Circuit Jurisdiction [Mondaq News Alerts]
  • Bcgi Plans to Appeal Patent Ruling [Wireless Week]
  • Dark Patent Clouds Gather over iPod [CIO Today]
  • Dark patent clouds gather over iPod [VNUNet.com]
• September 1 2005
  • Copyright claims -- the next gotcha? [Star Tribune - Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota]
  • Patent Office search facility moves in to British Library to boost info services [Publictechnology.net]
  • TMO Reports - Creative Accuses Apple of Violating its Patent [The Mac Observer]
  • Creative To Go After Apple [SmartOffice News]
  • Timeline Completes Asset Sale to Global Software Following Shareholders' Approval [PrimeZone]
  • Cyberview Granted Four New Patents; Latest Innovations in Technology to Advance Gaming Experience (press release) [Business Wire]
  • Open Source Not Open and Shut [Datamation]
  • The future of ideas - intellectual property [CORDIS]
  • 01 Communique Reports Third Quarter 2005 Results and U.S. Patents [CNW Group]
  • CMP Media's 14th Annual Embedded Systems Conference Boston to Offer Breaktrough Insights, Training and Education for Engineering's Creators of Technology, September 12 - 15, 2005 [MoreRFID]
  • WARF settles patent dispute with IBM [WTN News]
  • After patent, Creative examines all options [ComputerWorld]
  • Creative Labs Claims Patent on MP3 Players [GeekCoffee]
  • RIM rivals file documents in NTP patent battle [RCRNews.com]
  • Apple accused of violating firm's new music patent [Seattle Post Intelligencer]

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• August 31 2005
  • Battle Over iPod Patents Distant [TexhNewsWorld]
  • Nintendo patents insanity [the Inquirer]
  • Apple's Patent Problems Persist, But Downplayed [TexhNewsWorld]
  • Creative Tech claims Apple’s iPod uses a pod of its own technology [Earthtimes.org]
  • Apple faces iPod patent threat [VNUNet.com]
  • Jobs' Apple Faces iPod Patent Threat [Forbes]
  • 01 Communique Granted a Second Major Patent [CNW Group]
  • Tech World Awaits Apple's Latest 'Surprise' [washingtonpost.com]
  • Patent office's search facility moves to the British Library [ResearchResearch]
  • Extensis Awarded Patent for Digital Asset Management Technology; Innovative Floating 'Express Palette' Technology Provides Instant Access to Digital Files (press release) [Business Wire]
  • Patent threat looms over dynamic web pages [VNUNet.com]
  • Dell, Office Depot sued over alleged patent infringement [the Inquirer]
  • Creative wins patent race for MP3 player interface [Pocket-lint.co.uk]
• August 30 2005
  • Creative Has MP3 Player Interface Patent [Slashdot]
  • Nintendo Patents Insanity [Slashdot]
  • Taking Care of Business Patent reform should promote innovation, not imitation [SFGate.com]
  • Zen patent used by Apple iPod, Creative claims [the Imquirer]
  • Apple comes under new patent challenge [ BusinessWeekOnline]
  • Apple Comes Under New Patent Challenge [washingtonpost.com]
  • Canadian Government Supports Research In Motion Patent Appeal [Bloomberg.com]
  • WIPO - What is it? [p2pnet.net]
  • ptsb launches disposable credit card [Business World]
  • WysDM for Backups(R), Featuring Industry-First Predictive Analytics, Now Manages More Than 600 Terabytes for Dozens of Customers Worldwide (press release) [PR Newswire]
  • Software tools for creating panoramic images [NewsForge]
  • Piracy czar targets China's lax enforcement [MercuryNews.com]
  • Parliament urged to restrain EPO's software patenting [Channel Register]
  • Creative Awarded U.S. Patent on its Invention of User Interface for Portable Media Players (press release) [PR Newswire]
  • Another patent blow to Apple and the iPod [HardwareGeeks.com]
  • Gemstar-TV Guide Grants Pioneer Corporation an IPG Patent License for European Market (press release) [Business Wire]
  • Riverstone Networks Announces Settlement of Patent Litigation [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Troika Wins FC Patent [Computer Technology Review]
  • TransAct Technologies Receives Another Patent for Its Stacker Technology (press release) [PR Newswire]
  • Internap Receives IP Patent [Light Reading]
  • After patent, Creative examines all options [Macworld]
• August 29 2005
  • Summer Break is Over: Rows over Patentability of CIIs Continue [BLOG@IP::JUR.COM]
  • Patentability of CIIs in the UK: Analysis of the Effect of the CFPH and Halliburton Judgments [BLOG@IP::JUR.COM]
  • Mr. Florian Müller on Intellectual Property [BLOG@IP::JUR.COM]
  • Caution Marks Outsourcing in China [eWEEK.com]
  • Gadfly buzzing around big-name corporate patents [FT.com]
  • Aegis InterWorld Announces Strategic Technology Acquisitions; Integration of Process Management and Workflow Tools Drive Operational Improvement and Cost Savings Throughout the Enterprise [blackenterprise.com]
  • Finjan Licenses Computer Security Technology Patents to Microsoft [Security Park]
  • IBM software continually backs up files [InfoWorld]
  • New "Amendment" to Patent Reform Act of 2005 will make Inequitable Conduct A Circus [Patent Baristas]
  • Symbol Technologies Announces Positive Ruling In Its Patent Licensing Case Against Metrologic Instruments (press release) [PR Newswire]
  • Four-fold increase in patent applications: minister [Navhind Times]
  • Internap Awarded Additional US Patent for Private Network Access Point Design; Proprietary P-NAP Architecture Enables Migration of Mission-Critical Applications to IP Networks (press release) [TMCnet]
  • Zeidman awarded patent for software synthesis technology [EE Times Online]
  • Parliament urged to restrain EPO's software patenting [OUT-LAW]
  • CRS Reports Now Available to Public [GrokLaw]
  • [Comment] Parliament should pass resolution on software patents [EUobserver.com]
• August 28 2005
  • Open Source Community Should Steer Clear of Anti-IP Positioning Warns Mueller [ag-IP-news]
  • Utah GOP backs first-to-file patent reform [Salt Lake Tribune]
  • Patent king used court to amass a fortune [Salt Lake Tribune]
• August 27 2005
  • ICAR urges scientists to focus on IPR issues [Economic Times - India]
  • Mosaid stock up 7% after Q1 profits [Ottawa Sun]
  • Overture Networks Awarded New Patent [Local Tech Wire]
  • Patent biz can make U crorepati! [Economic Times - India]
  • 3dfx damns Nvidia patent suit [The Register]
• August 26 2005
  • Boyle on patents and 'payola' [FT.com]
  • Patent pending - net.wars [the Inquirer]
  • India seeks changes in WTO TRIPs regime [Sify]
  • Meyer's MAPP Online gets patent [L&Si Online]
  • IRobot patent win sweeps rival out of U.S. [Boston Business Journal]
  • Plot thickens over Microsoft's FAT patent [CNET News.com]
  • Patent pending [the Inquirer]
• August 25 2005
  • Strategy Runner to License Trading Technologies' Patented MD Trader(TM) Technology [PR Newswire]
  • Report: Patent office should become federal corporation [www.GovExec.com]
  • iRobot Settles Patent and Copyright Infringement Lawsuit to Protect Roomba Floor Vacuuming Robot [blackenterprise.com]
  • Patent office modernisation hits a roadblock [Business Standard - India]
• August 24 2005
  • The Patent which the European Patent Office intends to deliver to AllisBlue Confirms their Strategy [Pressbox.co.uk]
  • SpeechSwitch Secures Patent [TMCnet]
  • SpeechSwitch Receives Patent Award For 'TAPI Interface Based, Speech Enabled Automatic Telephone Dialer Using Names'; Company Secures Third Speech-Recognition Patent [Business Wire]
• August 23 2005
  • 3 Questions: Patent Commons Protection [IT Business Edge]
  • RIM, Intel ink deal, report says [CNET News.com]
  • Ex-Microsoft CTO claims patent 'problem' is myth [ZDNet]
  • John G. Waclawsky Appointed Motorola Software Architect [i-Newswire.com]
  • Data Domain Granted Patent for Ultra-High Performance Capacity Optimization Technology [Computer Technology Review]
  • 3 Questions: Patent Commons Protection [IT Business Edge]
  • Sun Digital Rights Management [Content Wire]
  • Why Qualcomm Has Its Wallet Out [Top Tech News]
  • Sun's DRM: a nice try, but it won't work [OVUM News]
  • Intel, RIM close to deal [National Post]
  • Devil's Advocate: The Microsoft-to-Google defection [Silicon.com]
  • PHT and etrials Reach Settlement in eDiary Patent Lawsuit [Business Wire]
  • etrials and PHT Reach Settlement Agreement in Patent Dispute [PR Newswire]
  • USA Technologies Awarded Eighth Energy Management Patent for Vending Machines and Coolers; 63 Granted Patents Drive Company's Leadership in Key Emerging Markets [Business Wire]
  • Overture Networks Awarded New Patent for Resilient Packet Technology [dBusinessNews]
  • TransAct Technologies Receives Patent for Its Standard Configurable USB Device Indentifier [PR Newswire]
• August 22 2005
  • The Symbol/Cognex-Lemelson Patent Battle [GrokLaw]
  • Philippe Aigrain's book talking about software patents (PDF) (French) [CauseCommune.org]
  • Linus backs trademark charge, says 'Maddog' [The Age]
  • Torvalds weighs in on Linux trademark row [CNET News.com]
  • It's Apple vs. Microsoft over iPod Patent [Dev Hardware]
  • Sun pushes open-source DRM scheme [The Register]
  • Open-source software users wary of patent moves [OSDIR.com]
  • Intuit acquires TekPortal technology [BusinessWeek]
  • Teknowledge Sells TekPortal(R) Technology to Intuit Inc., and Retains Financial Integration Services Business [PR Newswire]
  • CSIR woman patents multimedia system [ITWeb]
  • Open source DRM: From Sun Labs, a Dream [Silicon.com]
  • Data Domain Granted Patent for Ultra-High Performance Capacity Optimization Technology Press Release [Market Wire]
  • Sun rises on open DRM [ZDNet UK]
  • Its story is more than fights over money, InterDigital says [MSNBC]
  • Why Qualcomm Has Its Wallet Out [BusinessWeek]
  • Engineer steers Fox group's adventures in digital media [Electromic Engineering Times - Asia]
  • Perens Knocks OSDL Patent Pool [ADTmag.com]
  • Senator Orrin Hatch Encourages Stronger Patent Protection; Increased Support for High-Tech Innovation to UITA Executives [PR Newswire]
  • Anti-software patent campaigner supports Linux trademark ... [LinuxElectrons]
  • Data Domain Gains Patent [Byte and Switch]
  • Ex-Microsoft CTO claims patent 'problem' is myth [CNET News.com]
  • Torvalds wades into Linux trademark row [ZDNet UK]
  • Sun pushes open-source DRM scheme [The Register]
  • Library lets entrepreneurs look up the answers [Freelance UK]
  • Talks continue over EU-wide patenting [Budapest Business Journal]
  • Open-source software users wary of patent moves [Budapest Business Journal]
  • Protecting intellectual property in China [Bangkok Post]
  • LinuxWorld: Perens Outlines Open Source Opps, Hazards [OpenEnterpriseTrends.com]
  • Who'll win the iPod patent [Electric New Paper]
• August 21 2005
  • Sun launches open-source digital rights plan [CNET News.com]
  • China's technological capacity beginning to climb [MENAFN]
  • Illinois could use a few good Edisons [Chicago Tribune]
  • Part II: An inventor's billion-dollar legacy comes under fire [Boston Globe]
• August 20 2005
  • Harmonised global patent search may become a reality [Financial Express]
  • Part I: An inventor's battle for recognition -- and riches [Boston Globe]
  • L.E.T. Group and ReachLocal Form Alliance to bring Patent-Pending Pay-Per-Click Advertising Platform to the Hospitality Industry [eMediaWire]
• August 19 2005
  • G2Bay Looks to Shake Up Online Recruitment [internetnews.com]
  • Competing with the Microsoft ecosystem [ZDNet Blogs]
  • Patent applications of central SOEs up by 30 pct year-on-year [Xinhua]
  • Bill in Congress to Overhaul Patent Law Seeks to Quell Suits [Law.com]
  • RIM seeks appeal of patent decision [The Globe and Mail]
• August 18 2005
  • Patently Absurd [PBS | I, Cringely]
  • Oops. That DVD should have caused the toilet to flush. (ZDNet) (Forum) [LWN]
  • The real deal on Microsoft's playlist patent [Forbes]
  • OSDL Pushes Patent Commons Through New Initiative (scroll down) [The Unix Guardian]
  • RF-iT Solutions GmbH, Management buys RFID [Technology News Daily]
  • Dell accused of breaching software copyright [the INQUIRER]
  • Lloyds offers relief for Linux-patent concerns [computing]
  • Inventor's conference brings together unique collection of dreamers [KRT Wire]
  • Lloyds offers relief for Linux-patent concerns [IT Week]
  • News Floods from LinuxWorld Event [LinuxInsider]
  • Linux Event Creates News Frenzy [LinuxInsider]
  • Intellectual-Property Rights and Wrongs [Yemen Times]
  • Red Hat Funds Patent Efforts [Article Central]
  • Russia Approves Roulabette(TM) Patent Application for Wagering From Terminals Remote From a Casino [PR Newswire]
  • UK Patent Granted for O2Micro's Reconfigurable Flash Media Reader System [finanzen.net]
  • Dell sued for breaching Intervideo patent [the INQUIRER]
  • The real deal on Microsoft's playlist patent [VNUNet.com]
• August 17 2005
  • Professional Inventors Alliance: Patent Reform Congressional Fact Sheet [U.S. Newswire]
  • Veritec, Inc. Licenses Multi-Dimensional Bar Code Technology to Adidas [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Microsoft Far From Bite of Apple's iPod [MacNewsWorld]
  • Microsoft owns rights to iPod tech [ElectricNews.net]
  • Apple to fight for iPod patent [Macworld UK]
  • Apple loses iPod patent to Microsoft [VNUNet.be]
  • 3D Systems Settles Patent Case [TheStreet.com]
  • InterVideo sues Dell for patent infringement [afterdawn.com]
  • Professional Inventors Alliance: Patent Reform Congressional Fact Sheet [U.S. Newswire]
  • $8m advertising patent victory for Yahoo [ZDNet UK]
  • Pod's wheel patent? It's, er, welll, Microsoft's [The Boston Globe]
  • Federal Court Backs Rogers' TiVo In Patent Tiff [Forbes]
• August 16 2005
  • Apple, Sony among those named in new DRM lawsuit [AppleInsider]
  • JiNan Glasgow to Address the Innovative Network at Indiana Wesleyan University [dBusinessNews]
  • EPO launched a "microsite" about "computer implemented inventions" [FFII]
  • C4C reviews astroturfing strategy [FFII]
  • Fortinet ordered to stop selling antivirus in U.S. [SC Magazine]
  • Yahoo, Miva settle pay-per-click patent suit [CNET News.com]
  • Microsoft Not Near Bite of Apple's iPod Yet [MacNewsWorld]
  • Microsoft Has iPod Patent Edge [Red Herring]
  • Blu-Ray Closer to Being Universal [Wired News]
  • Will Microsoft Get a Bite of Apple's iPod? [E-Commerce Times]
  • Jobs vs. Gates. Again. [Motley Fool]
  • InterVideo sues Dell [p2pnet.net]
  • DVD Software Maker InterVideo Sues Dell on Patents [eWEEK.com]
  • Sungold Reports on the Progress of its Subsidiary SafeSpending Inc. [Business Wire]
  • SA Linux professionals ready for patent showdown [tectonic]
  • Lloyd's to insure open source users [Builder UK]
  • InterVideo sues Dell on patents [ITWeb]
  • Apple loses iPod patent to Microsoft [WhatPC?]
  • EPO sets up software patents site [OUT-LAW]
  • C2 Global Technologies Inc. Announces New Trading Symbol And Completion Of Name Change [dBusinessNews]
  • Apple Cock-Up May Earn Microsoft $10 Per iPod [Digital-Lifestyles.info]
  • Dell sued over DVDs [Australian IT]
  • E-Patent Filing Service Reaches 1,000th Application Milestone [Managing Information]
  • Patent Reform and Why You Should Care [NewsFactor]
  • Miva Settles Patent Suit, Reports Net Loss [ClickZ]
  • Apple, Microsoft duel over iPod patent [BusinessWeek]
  • OSDL Pushes Patent Commons Through New Initiative [IT Jungle]
  • iPod patent rejection shocks Apple [Australian IT]
  • Oops. That DVD should have caused the toilet to flush. [ZDNet Blogs]
• August 15 2005
  • Linuxformat: Freezing in San Francisco [LXF Team Blog]
  • Microsoft Shaking IPods Out Of Apple's Tree [webpronews.com]
  • Hey. This First-to-File Thing Is Scary [GrokLaw]
  • Patent Law Changes Pending [CIO]
  • RFID Group Targets Patent Woes [eWEEK.com]
  • Fortinet Regroups After Losing Patent Decision [eWEEK.com]
  • InterVideo sues Dell over patent [CNET News.com]
  • Patent site approaches first birthday [computing]
  • The Rape of Computer Science: Why Software Patents Are BAD [AlwaysOn]
  • InterVideo sues Dell over patent [ZDNet]
  • Open source patent pool criticised [TechSpot]
  • DVD software maker Intervideo sues Dell on patents [washingtonpost.com]
  • Intellectual-property rights and wrongs [Daily Times]
  • DVD software maker Intervideo sues Dell on patents [Reuters]
  • InterVideo Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Dell; Seeks Injunction and Damages Related to Patent Covering Personal Computer and Electronic Device Functions, Especially Concerning InterVideo's InstantON Products and Technology [Business Wire]
  • Microsoft Invented the iPod? [TeamXbox]
  • So Apple and Microsoft Walk Into The Patent Office... [About]
  • Technology Standard Setting in a Changing World: Public Seminar Oct. 5 to Explore the Growing Influence of Europe and Asia [Business Wire]
  • Microsoft to allow Apple to license iPod patent? [iPodDailyNews]
  • Trading Tech., FFastFill settle suit [Reuters]
  • IT Confidential: Online ibiblio.org, Patents, And Trump U? [InformationWeek]
  • Lloyd's to provide open source IP indemnity [ZDNet UK]
  • C2 Global Technologies Inc. Announces New Trading Symbol And Completion Of Name Change [Business Wire]
  • CORRECTING and REPLACING Scientigo(TM) Successfully Completes Exchange of Preferred Stock [Business Wire]
  • The IP commons project will run a patent repository and tap major vendor support [InformationWeek]
  • Box Office Patents [Forbes]
  • SoftSummit(TM) Announces Keynotes for Software Value Management Conference; Experts from Yahoo!, SAP, Sequoia and Macrovision to Discuss Key Issues and Trends that Are Shaping the Software Industry [Business Wire]
  • Microsoft pips Apple to iPod patent [ZDNet UK]
  • Lloyd's taking on open source IP risk [OUT-LAW]
  • Apple's face 'to net millions for Microsoft' [Contractor UK]
  • iPod patent spat: Microsoft v Apple [silicon.com]
  • Set ideas free for development [Business Day]
  • Patent Office to go electronic [Geek.com]
  • Correlogic Systems' 'Hidden Patterns' Awarded US Patent Protection [PR Newswire]
  • FFastFill and Trading Technologies Settle Patent Dispute Over MD Trader(TM) Technology [PR Newswire]
  • MEX: 4th generation future [PMN]
  • Push for protection [CHINAdaily]
  • Open source patent pool mooted and booted [Computerworld]
  • Microsoft beats Apple on patent covering iPod technology [The Financial Express]
  • Apple blunder gives Gates iPod royalty [The New Zealand Herald]
  • IBM's Open-source Army [Red Herring]
  • Microsoft, Apple in iPod patent tussle [ZDNet Australia]
• August 14 2005
  • Patent site approaches first birthday [VNUNet.com]
  • Apple to Pay Microsoft iPod Royalties? [GeekCoffee]
  • Microsoft wins iPod navigation case [GadgetSpy]
  • Apple Blunder Gives Microsoft iPod Royalty [RedNova]
  • Bad Reporting in Progress - Or How MS Didn't Invent the iPod [WizBang]
  • Microsoft to profit from iPod [MENAFN]
  • TechSpin: Overstock Sues Fund [Red Herring]
  • KeyPoint to raise £8m [Times Online]
  • Apple in a stew as Microsoft wins iPod patent ruling [The Observer]
  • Intellectual Property Practice at Greenberg Traurig Attracts Highly Regarded Counselor [LawFuel]
  • Apple blunder gives Gates iPod royalty [Independent Online]
  • Linux bods petition over European patent laws [The Register]
• August 13 2005
  • Perens Dismisses Torvald's Patent Pool [Slashdot]
  • Bill, Steve and The iPod [p2pnet.net]
  • Who invented iPod? [PhysOrg WebLog]
  • Open Source Gets Quality Control Systems [LinuxInsider]
  • Teknowledge, Microsoft settle (Scroll down) [Chicago Sun-Times]
  • Microsoft beats Apple to iPod technology patent [The News Journal]
  • Microsoft to pay over patent suit [seattlepi.com]
  • Microsoft Beats Apple in Seeking Patent [Los Angeles Times]
  • A different take on the Mircosoft, Apple Patent issue [MacNN]
• August 12 2005
  • Lloyd's taking on open source IP risk [Channel Register]
  • What if VisiCalc had been patented? [Dan Bricklin's Log]
  • DVD makers complain they are forced to overpay [STUFF]
  • Perens: Torvalds' patent pool is useless [The Register]
  • RFID "patent pool" consortium forms [WindowsForDevices]
  • Patent Office plans new e-filing system [ZDNet]
  • Microsoft owns podcasting [the INQUIRER]
  • Qualcomm deal threatens WiMax & 4G [the INQUIRER]
  • GPL Draft Faces Challenges, Linux Insiders Warn [eWEEK.com]
  • OSDL patent commons gets chilly reception from the "outspoken" [ZDNet Blogs]
  • Open Source Patents [WorldChanging]
  • TechSpin: Overstock Sues Fund [Red Herring]
  • LinuxWorld: GPL Upgrade Due in 2007 [Bio-IT World]
  • Q&A Part 2: IBM exec says curbing open-source license glut is ‘wishful thinking’ [Computerworld]
  • Amazon settles technology patent suit for $40 million [InternetRetailer.com]
  • This week in open source [CNET News.com]
  • Microsoft, Apple in iPod patent tussle [CNET News.com]
  • Week in review: March of the penguins [CNET News.com]
  • Did Microsoft Invent The iPod? [CRN]
  • Amazon pays $40m to settle patent case [VNUNet.com]
  • Red Hat calls for patent truce [VNUNet.com]
  • Apple Loses iPod Interface Patent To Microsoft Employee [Corante]
  • Microsoft Beats Apple to Punch on iPod Patent [Mac News World]
  • Amazon resolves patent lawsuits to tune of $40M [Computerworld]
  • Perens thumps OSDL patent pact [VNUNet.com]
  • Amazon Settles Patent Case [internetnews.com]
  • Patent lawyer: Microsoft and Apple iPod patent saga is much ado about nothing [iPodDailyNews]
  • Amazon 8-K Discloses $40M Settlement [webpronews.com]
  • Coming to the Web: TV Commercials, With a Twist [E-Commerce Times]
  • mazon pays $40m to settle patent infringement case [ComputerWeekly.com]
  • Lloyd's taking on open source IP risk [The Register]
  • Amazon pays $40m in patent settlement [The Register]
  • Apple loses iPod patents to Microsoft [InfoWorld]
  • Amazon.com to pay $40mn to Soverain to settle patent infringement case [newratings.com]
  • Amazon settles $40m patent lawsuit [PC Pro]
  • Easy-to-Use E-Patent Filing Service Reaches 1,000th Application Milestone [eGov monitor]
  • Apple loses bid on patent Microsoft wins first round in struggle over iPod system [SFGate.com]
  • Perens Pooh-Poohs Patent Pool [webpronews.com]
  • Microsoft Chuckling At Apple Patent Mishap [webpronews.com]
  • Microsoft, Apple in iPod patent tussle [ZDNet]
  • Open source patent pool mooted and booted [Techworld]
  • Amazon pays $40m to settle patent case [VNUNet.com]
  • The Real Deal On Microsoft's Playlist Patent [Forbes]
  • Memo to Microsoft: here's what happened the last time someone declared war on the iPod [iPod Garage]
• August 11 2005
  • Will Europe fall in love with Qualcomm, now it owns Flarion 4G technology? [The Register]
  • Moglen on GPL 3.0 [The Register]
  • Amazon.com Settles Patent-Infringement Suit [InternetWeek]
  • OSDL Opens Patent Commons Project [webpronews.com]
  • Intellectual Property Practice at Greenberg Traurig Attracts Highly Regarded Counselor [Business Wire]
  • Qualcomm to buy Flarion for $600 mln [Reuters]
  • OSDL Is Ready With A Patent Commons Project [Softpedia]
  • Amazon pays $40 million to settle patent dispute [CNET News.com]
  • Amazon.com Shells Out Big Dough to Settle Patent Lawsuit [TMCnet]
  • OSDL launches patent protection repository [I.T. Vibe]
  • Amazon resolves patent lawsuits to tune of $40m [Macworld]
  • Amazon pays $40 million to settle patent dispute [ZDNet]
  • Reuters Technology Summary [washingtonpost.com]
  • Strange Bedfellows [CIO Tech Policy Blog]
  • Bezos' Amazon.com Buys A Patent Settlement [Forbes]
  • Amazon.com settles suit [Globeandmail.com]
  • Sasken to build new campus, double staff [ICE World]
  • Vendors Form RFID Consortium [Extreme Tech]
  • Amazon resolves patent lawsuit to tune of $40 million [ITworld.com]
  • Path to software innovation leads away from patents [SearchEnterpriseLinux.com]
  • The New Profit Center: Ideas [Corporate Board Member]
  • Linux body pools patents for open source [PC Pro]
  • SecurePlay Anti-Cheating and Anti-Piracy Software To Release Q-1 2005 [GameSHOUT]
  • DVD makers complain they are forced to overpay [Reuters]
  • Amazon.com settles patent lawsuit for $40 million [Reuters]
  • DVD makers complain they are forced to overpay [washingtonpost.com]
  • ODSL launches patent repository for open source community [ComputerWeekly.com]
  • Patent repository to aid open source development [OUT-LAW]
  • OSDL sets up open source patent repository [ITWeb]
  • Wi-LAN Creates Separate Business Divisions to Provide Enhanced Focus on Intellectual Property Opportunities [Business Wire]
  • Sasken IPO opens with a bang [Sify.com]
  • Linux licence revamp in the offing [Techworld.com]
  • Infineon Transfers RFID Software to RF-iT Solutions [NE Asia Online]
  • GPL v3 Coming Out in 2007? [Slashdot]
  • Perens thumps OSDL patent pact [IT Week]
  • Open Source Patent Commons [SitePoint's Open Source Blog]
  • OSDL announces Patent Commons project [ARNnet]
  • GPL upgrade due in 2007 [LinuxWorld]
  • Project created to ease open source patent availability [IDM.net.au]
  • Trading Technologies Settles Two Patent Disputes, and more [Wall Street & Technology]
  • Yahoo! sues Xfire for patent infringement [GameSHOUT]
  • Network-1 Commences Patent Litigation against D-Link Corporation and D-Link Systems, Incorporated [PR Newswire]
  • Microsoft beats Apple in iPod patent race? [iPodDailyNews]
  • Open-source allies go on patent offensive [CNET News.com]
  • Red Hat pushes Microsoft for patents statement [The Register]
  • Red Hat calls for patent truce [What PC?]
  • Perens thumps OSDL patent pact [VNUNet.com]
  • OSDL announces Patent Commons project [LinuxWorld]
  • Red Hat calls for patent truce [VNUNet.com]
• August 10 2005
  • Group Proposes RFID Patent Pool [AIM]
  • Electronic Discovery Software Delivers Huge Award In Patent Suit [InformationWeek]
  • An Overview of Intellectual Property [BioPharm]
  • Angry pro software patent company takes down FFII website [EDRI]
  • OSDL launches open source patent protection [computing]
  • Open source patent library launched [ZDNet UK]
  • UK patent applications on the up [Builder UK]
  • Too much open source makes you sick [the INQUIRER]
  • Apple's iPod Patent Rejected [Yahoo! News]
  • OSDL Begins Open-Source Patent Commons [eWEEK.com]
  • OSDL with Open Patent Commons [Technocrat.net]
  • RFID in double licensing boost [ZDNet UK]
  • You'll need your wits even in the not-so-wild web [Edinburgh Evening News]
  • OSDL Announces Patent Commons Project [LinuxElectrons]
  • OSDL Creates Repository Of Open-Source Patents [InformationWeek]
  • A patent commons project for open source [OSDIR.com]
  • HP's Fink Challenges IBM and Sun on Open-Source Licensing [ADTmsg.com]
  • Tina Mckeon Appointed To Executive Committee - Intellectual Property Section Of The State Bar Of Georgia [dBusinessNews Atlanta]
  • OSDL Launches Open Source Patent Protection [Linux Insider]
  • Five Ways To Protect IP When Outsourcing [AMR Research]
  • Open Source Offered Patent Library [E-Commerce Times]
  • OSDL creates repository of open-source patents [CommsDesign]
  • LinuxWorld San Francisco 2005: OSDL Launches "Patent Commons" Project [Linux Business News]
  • A patent commons project for open source [CNET News.com]
  • AmeriVestors, Inc. Books 5 Million Share Payment from Contrieve, Inc.; Contrieve, Inc. Issued Trading Symbol - CNTR [Business Wire]
  • Copyright can prove a minefield [icLiverpool]
  • Perot Investments is Principal Investor in First-Ever Intellectual Property Private Equity Fund; Ocean Tomo Capital Fund Will Provide Debt and Equity to Promising Companies with Undervalued Intellectual Property Assets [Business Wire]
  • Open source patent library launched [ZDNet UK]
  • TT settles two more patent claims [Finextra]
  • Infineon spins off RFID systems solutions [heise online]
  • LINUXWORLD SF - OSDL announces Patent Commons project [ComputerPartner]
  • GPL 3 draft 'by early 2006' [ZDNet UK]
  • Open Source Software: Managing the Risks for the Software Develope [RedNova News]
  • Scientigo(TM) and BCS Systems Partner to Deliver Revolutionary Enterprise Knowledge Management Solutions [dBusinessNews]
  • Microsoft, Apple 'spar over iPod patent' [The Register]
  • OSDL launches open source patent protection [VNUNet.com]
  • Fortinet finally loses patent dispute with Trend [Techworld.com]
  • A patent commons project for open source [CNET News.com]
  • Apple fails to patent the iPod interface [PC Pro]
  • RFID boosted by patent consortium [VNUNet.com]
  • SOURCE, Inc. Receives Closed Loop Asset Management Process Patent; Approved By United States Patent Office in April 2005, Retroactive to 2001 [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Infineon abandons RFID software activities [Computerworld]
  • Mercata wins group-buying Net patent [The Register]
• August 9 2005
  • Who'll Fill the Gap in the Gateway Security Market? [eWEEK.com]
  • Foolproofing Open Source [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Apple loses 3-year iPod interface patent battle [tuaw.com]
  • Open Source Software: Managing the Risks for the Software Developer [RedNova News]
  • Founders Strive to 'Do No Evil' in GPL 3 Process [Yahoo! News]
  • Microsoft researcher involved in rejected Apple iPod patent [iPodDailyNews]
  • Gateway Secures Its PCs [eWEEK.com]
  • GPL3 first public draft due early 2006 [ZDNet]
  • Photo: Eben Moglen, Software Freedom Law Center [ZDNet Blogs]
  • Sender ID's fading message [CNET News.com]
  • Black Duck, Olliance Will Partner on Strategy [eWEEK.com]
  • Fortinet loses anti-virus patent ruling [The Register]
  • Rolfe & Nolan and TT Settle Patent Dispute [Secuities Industry News]
  • Wave Systems Reports Q2 Results and Reviews Growing Momentum of the Trusted Computing Marketplace [Business Wire]
  • ITC Sides With Gateway on Majority of Issues in Patent Dispute With HP [Yahoo! Finance]
  • OSDL Announces Patent Commons Project [PR Newswire]
  • Intellectual Property Practice Joins FTI Consulting [Yahoo! Finance]
  • How Utah, Michigan Legislators Got Fooled [Datamation]
  • Open Source Patent Commons [InfoWorld]
  • Patent Prospector Provides Open Forum for Practitioners [Patent Baristas]
  • 3-D FARO: Inspect Yourself [The Motley Fool]
  • Tech companies lead UK patent rush [PC Pro]
  • Infineon spins out RFID software operation [EE Times]
  • friendlyway partners with Picture Marketing [Kiosk Marketplace Research]
  • Foolproofing Open Source [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Metamorphosis Become European Digital Rights' Member [Metamorphosis]
  • Infineon Transfers its RFID Software Solutions to RF-iT Solutions GmbH in a Management Buy-Out [presseagentur.com]
  • Perot Backs $200 Million Bet On Patents [Forbes]
  • Apple fails to patent iPod interface [AppleInsider]
  • Rolfe & Nolan and TT Settle Patent Dispute Over MD Trader(TM) Technology [PR Newswire]
  • Designed for success [Business Standard]
• August 8 2005
  • Fortinet Loses Patent Ruling [Red Herring]
  • Hail to a new IT society [ZDNet Australia]
  • University as Author? [Inside Higher Ed]
  • Ounce Labs Appoints Michelle Dickey as Vice President of Federal Sales Press Release [Market Wire]
  • friendlyway Makes Picture Perfect Partnership with Picture Marketing [Business Wire]
  • Searching for the Next Big Thing [internetnews.com]
  • Nokia to sell device running RIM software [RCRNews.com]
  • HP, Gateway split patent wins in dispute [CNET News.com]
  • Push for protection [CHINAdaily]
  • Ocean Tomo to Advise DPI on Monetizing 3D Imaging Patents Press Release [PRWeb]
  • Increase In Patents Granted At UK Patent Office [Managing Information]
  • Patent Office changes patentability approach [OUT-LAW]
  • Patently problematic [CHINAdaily]
• August 7 2005
  • Fortinet Customers’ Future Hangs On Ruling [InformationWeek]
  • OSCON: Friday [ONLamp]
  • CEO interview: with ARC's Carl Schlachte [EE Times]
  • The Rise of the Digital Thugs [StarNewsOnline.com]
  • Norwich business wins rare patent for Internet buying method [Newsday.com]
• August 5 2005
  • AFFS Annual Conference: Software Patents: The Road Ahead [AFFS]
  • Automated Benefits Corp. Wholly Owned Subsidiary, Symbility Solutions, Responds to Complaint Served By Competitor Xactware in United States [CCN Matthews]
  • Patent Infringement Win Has Implications for Check 21 Implementation [The Green Sheet]
  • RIM CFO to Present at TD Newcrest Telecom And Technology Forum [CCN Matthews]
  • Symbol Technologies Announces Settlement Agreement With Mobile Knowledge Group [PR Newswire]
  • Correction - Hathaway Corporation Completes the Acquisition of OptiCon Systems Inc., a business Unit of Corning(R) [eMediaWire]
  • Jimbo's Problems: A Free Culture Manifesto [Corante]
  • Inhospitable to Penguins? [Business Today Egypt]
  • Harris settles patent lawsuit [Florida Today]
  • Software patent overkill [Legalbrief]
• August 4 2005
  • Site patent fighters offline after threat [De Winter Information Solutions]
  • FFastfill And Trading Technologies Agree Partnership To Provide X Trader As A Service [Bobsguide]
  • Amazon's patent-pending service search service [ZDNet Blogs]
  • NEC Corporation Reaches Settlement With Harris Corporation in DMR Patent Infringement Lawsuits Initiated in Sept. 2004 [Forbes]
  • RTS and TT Settle Patent Dispute Over MD Trader(TM) Technology [Forbes]
  • Wolf Greenfield Named Boston's Top Trademark Law Firm in National Survey [dBusinessNews]
  • Patent protection [Legal Director]
  • Invention intervention--fixing patents [ZDNet]
  • Patent system's problems defy easy solutions [CNET News.com]
  • Sandata Technologies Acquires Patents from MCI for Telephone-Based Personnel Tracking System [Business Wire]
  • InterDigital Announces Second Quarter 2005 Financial Results and Initiative to Enhance Profitability; Strong Recurring Revenues Highlight Quarter [Business Wire]
  • Savi Technology Names David Kranzler as Senior Vice President of Engineering; Kranzler Brings Breadth and Depth of Expertise in Leading Savi's RFID Hardware, Software, Standards and Patent Teams [Business Wire]
  • OSCON: Sun, Yahoo, Google -- and maybe you [NewsForge]
  • Trading Technologies to drop suit against FFastFill [Reuters]
  • RTS and TT Settle Patent Dispute Over MD Trader(TM) Technology [PR Newswire]
  • Yahoo Hears Call of Audio Search See Share alike (scroll down) [Wired News]
  • What I Would Have Asked Jonathan Schwartz [ONLamp.com]
  • RIM fights for right to sell BlackBerry in US [IT Week]
  • BlueTie Awarded Key Patent for Secure File Transfer [Web Hosting News]
  • Who's next after Unocal, Maytag? [EDN]
  • BlueTie Awarded Patent for Secure File Transfer [WebHosting.Info]
  • DVD manufacturer reacts to accusations by MPEG patent holders [heise online]
  • Imax to go to court to resolve patent lawsuit [Reuters Canada]
  • Appeals court denies RIM a rehearing of NTP case [InfoWorld Nederland]
• August 3 2005
  • FFII: Site complexity hindered legal fix [ZDNet UK]
  • RIM fights for right to sell BlackBerry in US [computing]
  • RIM fights for right to sell BlackBerry in US [VNUNet.com]
  • Cover Story: Mind over money [asahi.com]
  • Open-Source Software Gets Vote of Confidence at OSCON [eWEEK]
  • Patriot Scientific Appoints New Chief Financial Officer [Design and Reuse]
  • OSCon: Developers and testers as heroes [ONLamp.com]
  • A Legal Light for BlackBerries [Wired News]
  • Software rivals fence before appeals court [CNET News.com]
  • Appeal court reverses RIM patent infringement findings [The Register]
  • BlueTie Awarded Key Patent for Secure File Transfer [IT Observer]
  • BlackBerry ruling gives RIM some relief [OUT-LAW]
  • An Open Letter to the Community from MySQL Founders [php | architect]
  • Patent Protection for Software Belongs in the 'Rejected' File [blackenterprise.com]
  • Research In Motion Provides Update on NTP Litigation [I-Newswire]
  • FSPA drops anti-trust lawsuit against Diebold [Finextra]
  • RIM fights for right to sell BlackBerry in US [WhatPC?]
  • Diebold Says Antitrust Lawsuit Dismissed [Forbes]
  • InnoPath Awarded Two New Patents for Compact and Reliable Over-the-Air Software Update Technology [Business Wire]
  • FSPA drops anti-trust lawsuit against Diebold [ATM Marketplace News]
  • BlueTie Awarded Key Patent for Secure File Transfer; Technology Enables Secure Delivery of Documents and Files over the Web without Software - Simplifies HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance [Business Wire]
  • CS Adds GSM Network E9-1-1 Patent to Its Expanding Portfolio [ArriveNet Press]
  • Federal Circuit Reinstates Full $1.2M Jury Verdict Against ApplyYourself, Inc. for Infringement of CollegeNET's Universal Forms Engine Patents [dBusinessNews]
  • RIM denied NTP patent rehearing [TECHWORLD]
  • Software rivals fence before appeals court [ZDNet]
  • TCS Adds GSM Network E9-1-1 Patent to Its Expanding Portfolio - Press Release, [Market Wire]
  • 01 Communique Granted a Patent [Canada NewsWire Group]
  • BSI2000 Files Optical Bank Card Patent in South Africa [PR Newswire]
  • Euro banknotes infringe security patent, says lawsuit [OUT-LAW]
  • Shield for software patents should be lowered [International Herald Tribune]
  • U.S. court scales back patent ruling against RIM [Reuters]
• August 2 2005
  • CAFTA Treaty Exports DMCA (see p15 of 33 of the CAFTA agreements about patents) [Slashdot]
  • FFII.org domain hoster scared away by Nutzwerk [LWN]
  • Germany's "Optical Disc Service" is being sued for Patent Infringement [CDRinfo]
  • Leading Companies and University Sue DVD Disc Manufacturer ODS for Patent Infringement [Business Wire]
  • Patent ruling against RIM revised [CNET News.com]
  • EU plan could put open sourcers in court [CNET News.com]
  • U.S. Court Scales Back Patent Ruling Against RIM [eWEEK.com]
  • Black Duck and Palamida plug-in to Eclipse [The Register]
  • Research In Motion Provides Update on NTP Litigation [Business Wire]
  • Appeals court denies RIM a rehearing of NTP case [ITworld.com]
  • Soft sell [Guardian Unlimited]
  • Software Patents: "Programmers and Consumers Should Gather Forces," Says Richard Stallman [WebSphere Journal]
  • Richard Stallman on EU Software Patents [Slashdot]
  • Careless wording defeats software patents in High Court [OUT-LAW]
  • Insufficient disclosure in Halliburton patents [Legalbrief Today]
  • Keeping the audio free [The Star Online]
  • Microsoft Patents...Phone Messages? [Pacific Epoch]
  • Who's Pulling The Eu Lobby Strings? [Corporate Watch]
  • FFII Web site taken down [ZDNet UK]
  • U.S. court scales back patent ruling against RIM [Reuters Canada]
  • Euro banknotes 'infringe' US patent [VNUNet.com]
  • Telkonet's Coupler Patent Receives Notice of Allowance by U.S. Patent and Trademark Office [Business Wire]
  • U.S. court scales back patent ruling against RIM [ComputerWorld]
  • U.S. appeals court denies RIM request to rehear patent case, request for stay [National Post]
  • Digimarc Awarded 200th U.S. Patent; Digital Watermarking is Increasingly Being Used by the Media and Entertainment Industry to Support New Models of Distribution and Provide Consumers with Richer Entertainment Experiences [Business Wire]
• August 1 2005
  • The Difference Between Software and Drug Patents [LawGeek]
  • New legal code: Copyrights should replace software patents, Second in a two-part series, [IEEE Spectrum]
  • Patent Happy [Fast Company Weblog]
  • Now Why Didn't I Think of That - Google Patents Ads in RSS Feeds? [Corante]
  • Carriers Unaware of IP Ownership Threats and Opportunities [Insurance Networking News]
  • Copyright lobbyists strike again [ZDNet]
  • EU lawmakers threaten open source [ZDNet UK]
  • Making IP infringement a crime [ZDNet UK]
  • MDB Capital Group Issues PatentVest Report on Microsoft Corporation [Business Wire]
  • IP, free software and patents in the African spotlight (scroll down) [tectonic]
  • O2Micro files LCD TV patent suit against Sony and Rohm [EETimes]
  • Google Attempts Ad Patent [Symbian Developer's Journal]
  • Google Seeks Patent for Targeted RSS Ads [All Headline News]
  • O2Micro Slaps Sony and Rohm with LCD Patent Suit [Electronic News]
  • Symbol Technologies To Be Investigated For Patent Violations [InformationWeek]
  • Patent Granted to RTO Software for Technology Licensed by Citrix Systems, Inc.; Technology Improves System Performance and Reduces TCO [Business Wire]
  • Google Seeks to Patent RSS Ad Approach [E-Commerce Times]
  • Interesting Case Law on Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions [BLOG@IP::JUR]

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• July 31 2005
  • Why Bill Gates Wants 3,000 New Patents [The Ledger]
  • Microsoft on target for patent filings:- [Webindia123.com]
  • Why Bill Gates wants 3,000 new patents [CNET News.com]
  • Microsoft on Target for Patent Filings [blackenterprise.com]
  • ARMORPOINT^TM Launches the First Patent-pending 3-Bureau Credit Management Software Designed to Help Consumers Manage Credit as an Asset and Secure Identity from Fraud. [PRWeb]
  • Why Bill Gates Wants 3,000 New Patents [The New York Times]
• July 30 2005
  • Nutzwerk.de link farm taken offline, deleted from Google [FFII]
  • What Does "Copyfight" Mean? [Corante]
  • Google RSS Ad Patent Filed [MarketingVOX]
  • Google seeks RSS ad patent [The Register]
  • Cory Doctorow: The WorldChanging Interview [WorldChanging]
  • Intermec's patent complaint to be investigated [HeraldNet]
  • Google Tried To Patent RSS Ads [webpronews.com]
• July 29 2005
  • Patent spat costs RIM millions [CNET News.com]
  • Amazon.com Seeks Man-In-The-Middle Patent [WebProNews]
  • Holding back innovation [ZDNet Blogs]
  • Amazon clears bondholder, patent suits [ZDNet]
  • Google tries to patent Web syndication ads [Dynicz.org]
  • Amazon Seeks Web Services Patent [Slashdot]
  • Eicon Networks Announces U.S. District Court Refusal of Brooktrout Requests [Business Wire]
  • Amazon files countersuit against Cendant in patent case [Tech Briefs]
  • Nutzwerk: FFII.org shut down, insolvency imminent [FFII]
  • Patent Examiners Don't Scale [Mathaba News]
  • MicroStrategy Wins Patent Suit [Red Herring]
  • Patent Office Seeks Views On Highlighting Potential Trademark Conflicts [Managing Information]
  • Research and Markets: Patent Infringement Litigation: Step by Step from Dispute Through Trial for Executives, Witnesses, and in-House Counsel [Business Wire]
• July 28 2005
  • Amazon files for Web services patent [CNET News.com]
  • More patent absurdity threatens net commerce [ZDNet Blogs]
  • Judge dismisses Business Objects lawsuit [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Judge Dismisses Business Objects Lawsuit [Forbes]
  • Microsoft prepares for a legal siege in Japan [Ars Technica]
  • EU Software patenting... where now? [IT-Analysis.com]
  • Patents deal central to EU agenda [SiliconRepublic]
  • Computer patents [EurActiv]
  • Apple files patent for replication server selection method [Macsimum News]
  • University to appeal against patent decision Press Release [The University of Southampton]
  • Alliacense claims Intel, AMD as patent portfolio licensees [EE Times]
  • United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Launches Small-Business Intellectual Property Protection Web Site at StopFakes.gov [PRWeb]
  • Access Innovations Awarded Patent for Technology [Forbes]
  • Amazon's patent-pending service search service [ZDNet Blogs]
• July 27 2005
  • Brother, Can You Spare a Patent License? [Corante]
  • eBay seeks patent ruling from Supreme Court [CNET News.com]
  • Open letter Italian companies on software patents [EDRI]
  • LG Electronics joins 802.11 joint patent licensing program [EE Times UK]
  • eBay seeks patent ruling from Supreme Court [ZDNet]
  • U.S. District Court Issues Preliminary Ruling in Agilent Technologies' Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against PixArt Imaging [Business Wire]
  • IPotential Launches Patent Brokerage Services, Bringing Liquidity to Patent Marketplace [Business Wire]
• July 26 2005
  • UK top court rejects software patent, criticises EPO doctrines [FFII]
  • Nutzwerk's lawyers threaten web page operators [FFII]
  • Keynote Speech at ApacheCon EU 2005 [DHCP42.de]
  • DVD Disc Makers Enter Into MPEG-2 Patent License [XTVworld]
  • Experts lobby for first-to-file patents in U.S. rather than existing first-to-invent system [Red Herring]
  • FUSA Capital Corp Files for Second and Third Patent Tuesday July 26, 2005 [Business Wire]
  • Intransa Awarded Patent for Scalable and Innovative IP SANs Press Release, [Market Wire]
  • European 'no' to software patent directive leaves doors open to protection of new ideas [ComputerWeekly.com]
• July 25 2005
  • Patent examiners battle stressUSPTO struggles with hiring, retention issues amid morale problems, [FCW.COM]
  • Microsoft patents "excitement" for video playback [Ars Technica]
  • Halliburton defeated in software patent case [Managing Intellectual Property]
  • Possible prior art for Microsoft smiley patent found [ZDNet UK]
  • Microsoft's Claim Brings :-( [Red Herring]
  • White PSP: Microsoft Patent Emoticons: Google Rule - News Catch-Up [Digital Lifestyles]
  • Patent examiners battle stress USPTO struggles with hiring, retention issues amid morale problems, [FCW.COM]
  • Aperio Adds Scanner Patent to Growing Portfolio; Company Receives Additional Patent on Use of Line Scanning in Virtual Microscopy [Business Wire]
  • Softricity wins patent for new remote networking technology [Mass High Tech]
  • Development of DVB-H Patent License Begins; Initial Patent Holders Meeting Convened [Business Wire]
• July 24 2005
  • U.S. patent system has run aground [Boston Herald]
  • Patent Law - Bird & Bird wins ground-breaking patent dispute against Halliburton [LawFuel]
  • Our apologies to Microsoft [p2pnet.net]
• July 23 2005
  • Microsoft wants to patent smilies [p2pnet.net]
  • Microsoft Frowned at for Smiley Patent [Slashdot]
• July 22 2005
  • Mag seeks longer patent [DailyBulletin.com]
  • Google's Patent Implies Domain Commitment Important [webpronews.com]
  • Consumers Interstate secures patent for Internet Procurement Method [Industrial Distribution]
  • Trading update - Patent Office decision in CSEM case [OilVoice.com]
  • Patent Law - Bird & Bird wins ground-breaking patent dispute against Halliburton [LawFuel]
  • McCreevy backs Europe-wide software patenting [IOL]
  • McCreevy confirms no new patent plans [RTE Business]
  • Trading Technologies fires off fresh batch of lawsuits; DoJ investigates [Finextra]
  • McCreevy: patents battle not over [SiliconRepublic.com]
  • Microsoft frowned at for smiley patent [ZDNet UK]
• July 21 2005
  • Microsoft's eye on open source [ZDNet]
  • Webster U. to offer patent agency graduate program [St. Louis Business Journal]
  • Patent Office Arrange Free Event For West Country Businesses [Managing Information]
  • ON24 Granted Patent for Internet-Based, Personalized Broadcast Networks Press Release [Market Wire]
  • Chip maker cuts Ethernet patent deal with Microsoft [EE Times]
  • EC: Software patents will still be granted [ZDNet UK]
• July 20 2005
  • Patent infringement bypasses global warming as biggest threat to human existence [ZDNet Blogs]
  • AmberWave Files Patent Suit Against Intel [CIO Today]
  • Finjan Signs Patent License Agreement With Microsoft [SOFTPEDIA]
  • Digital Arts Acquires US Patent for Its Access Control Technology [JCN Network]
  • Trading Technologies sues futures firm Peregrine [Reuters]
  • Staking patent claims--for gold mines [ZDNet UK]
  • Anti-patent campaigner hailed as IP hero [ZDNet UK]
  • Taking stock: The European Parliament one year on [FT.com]
  • Companies trying to cash in via licenses, lawsuits [CNET News.com]
  • European Commission applauds Rejection of Software Patent Directive [FFII]
  • European Parliament sends software patent packing [European Commission]
• July 19 2005
  • IPR - Intellectual Property Rights [EurActiv]
  • Commission report: gene sequences are patentable [EurActiv]
  • E-BUSINESS: David Defeats Patent Goliath [RedNova.com]
  • Patent Application for TraderTools' AutoFill(TM) Process Received by USPTO [Yahoo! Finance]
  • ValetNoir Awarded Gaming Technology Patent, Achieves Profitability [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Intelli-Check Granted New Patent, Enhancing Commercial Value of Company's ID-CHECK(R) Document-Verification Technology [Business Wire]
  • Enforcement Directive: Patent Office consult [OUT-LAW]
  • More MEPs demand transparency after patent debacle [ZDNet UK]
• July 18 2005
  • You have a stake in the software patents issue When unreasonable patents stifle innovation, ultimately it's the customers who suffer. [InfoWorld]
  • India: Making It Trips Way - India’s New Patent Regime (registration required) [Mondaq]
  • Nokia to fight InterDigital patent dispute ruling [Reuters India]
  • Amazon.com goes nuclear on Avis, Orbitz [The Register]
  • Joint Patent License for ATSC Digital Television Technology Makes Progress; MPEG LA Holds First Patent Holders Meeting [Business Wire]
  • Patent Office launches consultation on EU plans for improved IP enforcement [Auto Industry]
  • SISVEL Launches Call for Patent Pool about New DMP Specification for Platform for Interoperable Digital Rights Management [TMCnet]
  • AmberWave Files Patent Infringement Suits against Intel [Business Wire]
  • SA software patent opposition goes online [tectonic]
• July 17 2005
  • Parliamentary Magazine Articles and Ads on Software Patents [FFII]
  • Patent Reform Heats Up [blackenterprise.com]
  • Inventor of car helmet seeks patent:- [Webindia123.com]
  • Patent protection [Legal Director]
• July 16 2005
  • Amazon Slaps Orbitz and Avis With Patent Lawsuit [Slashdot]
  • Amazon.com sues Cendant in patent claim [The Seattle Times]
  • Europe says no to software patents [New Scientist]
• July 15 2005
  • Microsoft settles Longhorn patent suit [Forbes]
  • The Standards Battle is Joined [GrokLaw]
  • Microsoft, Alacritech Settle Longhorn Patent Suit [TechNewsWorld]
  • Microsoft, Alacritech settle dispute over Windows networking [canada.com]
  • NEWS Forgent sues companies for DVR patent infringement. [Geek.com]
  • PVR sellers sued for patent infringement [Computeract!ve]
  • Microsoft settles Longhorn patent suit [WhatPC?]
  • Trading Technologies wins patent lawsuit against NinjaTrader [Computer Business Review]
  • SCO knew Linux doesn't infringe - memo [The Register]
  • EC staff leave Microsoft waiting as they head to the beach [The Register]
  • SCO moves to limit Smoking Gun Memo damage [The Register]
  • Patents: gone but not forgotten [BBC News]
  • Patenting processes are efficient (at least in the UK!) [IT-Analysis.com]
  • SCO e-mail casts new light on Linux infringement lawsuit [InfoWorld TechWatch Blog]
  • Rivals feud over damage potential of SCO e-mail Internal e-mails shed light on SCO's ongoing legal fight. [Computerworld]
  • SiRF Granted Another Multi-Mode A-GPS Patent [Telematics Journal]
  • Data Reduction Systems Receives Patent for PharmaSync(TM) Real-Time Electronic Data Collection Tool [Business Wire]
  • Patent Protest Pacified by Microsoft, Alacritech [E-Commerce News]
  • Appeal court confirms Microsoft infringed AT&T patent [Techworld.com]
  • PVR sellers sued for patent infringement [Forbes]
• July 14 2005
  • Larry Rosen: 'Good time' not fast enough for open source/standards [ZDNet Blogs]
  • Microsoft-sponsored study identifies 50 good software patents [FFII]
  • Reminding Customers Patented by Amazon [Slashdot]
  • Microsoft's lawsuit payouts amount to around $9 billion [the INQUIRER]
  • Forgent Sues 15 Companies for Infringement of Digital Video Recording Patent Press Release. [Forgent Investor Relations]
  • Court finds Microsoft infringed AT&T patent [ITworld.com]
  • Forgent sues cable companies over DVR patent [ZDNet]
  • News Briefs for July 14, 2005 [Wireless Week]
  • Broadcom, Alacritech, and Microsoft Cross License Patents [SoCal TechNews]
  • Microsoft settles data throughput patent dispute [ComputerWeekly.com]
  • Microsoft settles networking patent dispute TCP Chimney emerges from legal limbo. [Computerworld]
  • SiRF Granted Another Multi-Mode A-GPS Patent [TMCnet]
  • Microsoft settles dispute over Windows networking [Mail&Guardian Online]
  • Web Could Unclog Patent Backlog [Wired News]
  • SeaChange Acquires Liberate's Business Outside Of North America [broadcastbuyer.tv]
  • Microsoft settles lawsuit, can use network interface [The Seattle Times]
  • Microsoft's 'Chimney' stuffed by TCP/IP settlement [The Register]
• July 13 2005
  • Via Licensing Announces Patent Licensing Terms for Worldwide Interactive Television Standards DVB-MHP and OCAP [Vialicencing]
  • Open source: Are Microsoft and other holdouts about to crack? [ZDNet Blogs]
  • The Goodness of Time (as in, "All in the Goodness of Time") [ZDNet Talkback]
  • Federal Circuit Shows How to Protect Software Patents In Europe: AT&T v. Microsoft [Patently-O: Patent Law Blog]
  • Technology without boundaries (Microsoft's view on the issue of software patents) [CZBusiness]
  • Europe's Patent on Failure [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Patent protection [Legal Director]
  • Via Licensing Announces Patent Licensing Terms for Worldwide Interactive Television Standards DVB-MHP and OCAP; Joint Patent Licenses Expected to Be Available by Q4 of 2005 [Business Wire]
  • Microsoft settles networking patent case [Puget Sound Business Journal]
• July 12 2005
  • Why should intellectual property rights matter to civil society? [APC Africa ICT Policy Monitor]
  • The EU and the software patent directive [newsbyteblog]
  • EC says let's treat pirates as criminals [IPKat]
  • Lexar to continue patent fight against Toshiba [ZDNet]
  • FaceKey Corporation Granted Patent for Biometric Technology [primezone]
  • Philadelphia-Area Real Estate Agent Sued for Patent Infringement; Other Agents Nationwide May Face Similar Action [Yahoo! Finance]
  • WorldGate Awarded U.S. Patent for Innovative Industrial Design of the Motorola Ojo(TM) Personal Video Phone [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Broadcom accused of patent violations [SignOnSanDiego.com]
  • For BlackBerry, a Crop of Rivals [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Universities garner millions for inventions [PittsburghLIVE.com]
  • EU votes no on change to software law [ComputerWeekly.com]
  • EU Software patents thrown out [Digital Silence]
  • OASIS' potential patent punch [ZDNet Blogs]
  • Open Source Celebrates EU Decision on Software Patents [LinuxInsider]
  • NZOSS files objection to Microsoft XML patent [Computerworld]
  • Qualcomm sues Broadcom for patent infringement [Geekzone]
• July 11 2005
  • The BBC seeks escape from patent minefield [InfoWorld]
  • 'Deceptive' patent lobbying sparks calls for transparency [ZDNet UK]
  • BBC seeks escape from patent minefield [Macworld UK]
  • The patent vote: who won that round, exactly? [The Register]
  • EU software patent law is dead [Managing Intellectual Property]
  • Europeans throw out software patent bill [Geek.com]
  • [Comment] The net said no to patent directive [EUobserver.com]
  • Euro MPs reject IT patent directive [VNUNet.com]
  • Federal Court Reverses Earlier Decision On SanDisk Patent Suit [InformationWeek]
  • Apache falls victim to OASIS patent shelter [ZDNet Blogs]
  • FREE OR EVEN FAIR? [Bangkok Post]
• July 10 2005
  • Battling Beijing over Fakes [OpinionEditorials.com]
  • 'Hot Property': Freebooters of Industry (Registration required). [The New York Times]
  • Conference will explore piracy risks for businesses [azcentral.com]
  • Microsoft's Ballmer tells lurvely partners to stick it to IBM [The Register]
  • EchoStar sues TiVo, Humax for patent infringement [Texarkana Gazette]
  • Company Claims Patent Violation About Registration Verification System [The Korea Times]
  • Appeals court revives Ritek patent suit [Taipei Times]
• July 9 2005
  • Battling Beijing over Fakes [OpinionEditorials.com]
• July 8 2005
  • One venture capitalist's view on software patents [Joi Ito's Web]
  • Microsoft Gets Its Groove On With New Patent [PCWorld]
  • Microsoft patents the understanding of music [the INQUIRER]
  • Software bill better off in bin, Pat Cox says [EUobserver.com]
  • Computer Implemented Inventions Directive Rejected By European Parliament [Managing Information]
  • Amended Patents Act: A critique [India Together]
  • The battle over software patents in Europe may have been won, but the war is far from over, Leader [ZDNet UK]
  • Patent Lobbyists 'wasted millions, deny defeat' in EU software patent battle [Business Wire]
  • Patent Investigation Against Nortel Is Ended [Local Tech Wire]
  • The week in technology: No progress on patents [FT.com]
  • Directive which would have introduced US-style patents is overwhelmingly defeated [GamesIndustry.biz]
  • Campaigners celebrate patent directive defeat [ZDNet UK]
  • Multinational IT giants "wasted millions" lobbying Europe [the INQUIRER]
  • Intellect welcomes EU rejection of software patents [Publictechnology.net]
  • Patent Lobbyists "wasted millions, deny defeat" in EU software patent battle [FFII]
  • Open Source Victory? European Lawmakers Defeat Software Bill Opposed by Red Hat, Sun [Local Tech Wire]
• July 7 2005
  • Community Patent gets embroiled in software patent fight [OUT-LAW]
  • EU rejects software patents [Infoconomy]
  • European Parliament rejects patent law proposal [ARNnet]
  • SNP applauds EU for rejecting software patents [Publictechnology.net]
  • European Parliament votes 648 to 14 against software patents [Publictechnology.net]
  • Thursday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International Stories [Finfacts.com]
  • European Parliament boots out software patent bill [ABCmoney.co.uk]
  • Copyright Crossroads [Line56]
  • E.U. Parliament Rejects Software-Patent Law [washingtonpost.com]
  • Euro MPs trounce software patents bill [Contractor UK]
  • Software patents Directive rejected [Shout99]
  • EU parliament kills software patents law [ElectricNews.net]
  • The demise of the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive [OVUM News]
  • Software Patent Bill Rejected [SAP INFO]
  • European Parliament buries technology patent directive [Computer Business Review]
  • EU lawmakers 'No' to bill on software patent [Gulf Times Newspaper]
  • European Parliament Rejects Patent Law [SOFTPEDIA]
  • EU lawmakers vote to throw out software patent bill [The Scotsman]
  • UK IT industry backs rejection of software patent [ComputerWeekly.com]
  • Micron countersues Tessera [CNET News.com]
  • Qualcomm claims Broadcom is serial litigator [the INQUIRER]
  • MEPs reject software patent bill [Business Europe]
  • Software patent directive rejected [computing]
  • EU Parliament Rejects Controversial Software Patent Bill [blackenterprise.com]
  • EU vote leaves US tech companies vulnerable [WhatPC?]
  • In Decisive Vote, EU Rejects Law on Software Patents [blackenterprise.com]
  • Business this week [Economist.com]
  • MySQL AB Celebrates European Parliament's Decision Against Software Patents [TMCnet]
  • Tech Talk [Metroactive]
  • Patent action against Nortel terminated, Nortel says [Dallas Business Journal]
  • Software patent directive rejected [IT Week]
  • Tech valley patent index indicates tech valley gains but slight decrease for capital region [Empire Information Services]
  • Software patent directive rejected [ZDNet India]
  • Exclusive: SBC files patent app for VoIP call management tool [ZDNet Blogs]
  • Campaigners celebrate patent directive defeat [ZDNet UK]
  • EU throws out software patent law [The Times of India]
  • Widespread satisfaction with rejection of patents directive [EurActiv]
  • EU Parliament buries Software Patent Directive [heise online]
  • Software developers lose fight on patents [The Times]
  • Homo Sapiens: Rookie inventor to patent design for a 3-D mouse [asahi.com]
  • EU software patent law in trouble [indiatimes]
  • China, Taiwan firms may ally on technology to compete with U.S., EU [The China Post]
  • Bill thrown out to harmonise patents [tvnz.co.nz]
  • EU-wide software patent law rejected [BusinessWeek Online]
  • EU parliament rejects controversial software patent bill [People's Daily Online]
  • EU assembly rejects software patent bill [Taiwan News]
  • Drive fails for common software patents in EU [FT.com]
  • A sorry software saga [FT.com]
  • European Parliament rejects software patent reform [ITnews Australia]
  • EU assembly throws out bill to harmonise patents [The New Zealand Herald]
  • 'Dog's dinner' patent law thrown out [Telegraph]
  • European Parliament rejects software patent [The Scotsman]
  • Europeans Reject Patent Push [Smarthouse News]
  • It's all in the (video) game [International Herald Tribune]
  • EU assembly throws out bill to harmonise software patents [STUFF]
• July 6 2005
  • OSAIA Recognized as "Leading" Opposition to Software Patents [OSAIA]
  • European Parliament rejects computer-implemented inventions directive [Wikinews]
  • Patentability: don't mess with the Parliament! [PseGroup]
  • Rejection of software patent directive a good result for European SMEs (PDF File) [UEAPME]
  • Cisco, Nortel, Alcatel, Juniper, Lucent sued over patent [the INQUIRER]
  • Europa Parlamentet skrotter patentforslag (in Danish). [Ing.dk]
  • Voting record for this week [PDF, 1.5MB]. The vote is on pages 4 and 5. [European Parliament]
  • Rival Names Qualcomm in Antitrust Suit [The New York Times]
  • Opposition to Microsoft XML patent simmers down under [the INQUIRER]
  • Euro parliament kicks out software patent law [the INQUIRER]
  • European legislators vote down software patent bill [EE Times UK]
  • American-Style Patents Won't Cross the Pond to EU [eWEEK.com]
  • European legislators vote down software patent bill [Electronics Supply & Manufacturing]
  • EU-wide software patent law rejected [MontereyHerald.com]
  • EU Software Patent bill thrown out [afterdawn.com]
  • Nvidia Appoints New Vice President of Content Development [Gamasutra]
  • European Parliament rejects patent law proposal [Computerworld]
  • Europe says 'NO!' to software patents [Neoseeker]
  • EU-Parlament beerdigt Softwarepatentrichtlinie (in German). [heise online]
  • Parliament ditches software patents [EurActiv]
  • Yes to innovation and fair competition - No to the monopolization of software [European Parliament]
  • Computer-Implemented Inventions directive crushed by a massive majority of the EP [EPP-ED]
  • Lehne calls for restart of the legislative procedure (in German). [EPP-ED]
  • European rejection of software patents is a victory for open source [LXer]
  • Europe Rejects Patents [Red Herring]
  • MEPs bin software patents bill [EUobserver.com]
  • MEPs kill EU software patents [EUPolitix.com]
  • European parliament rejects software patent law [New Scientist]
  • SNP applauds EU for rejecting software patents [Publictechnology.net]
  • Duff Calls For Overhaul Of EU Patents In Wake Of Software Patents Crisis [Andrew Duff - MEP]
  • European Parliament Looks Set To Give 'Software Patents' Directive The Chop! [Sharon Bowles - MEP]
  • EU Vote Leaves U.S. Tech Companies Vulnerable [Forbes]
  • Daily Notebook: No directive on software patents [European Parliament]
  • Europe spurns patent directive by huge majority [Silicon.com]
  • Nokia in patent royalties dispute [ComputerWeekly.com]
  • European patent directive defeated [ZDNet]
  • EU software patent directive rejected [FT.com]
  • European Patent Office continues to advocate harmonisation in the field of CII patents [European Patent Office]
  • Computer Implemented Inventions Directive rejected by European Parliament [The UK Patent Office]
  • Europe's High Tech Industry Welcomes European Parliament Decision [EICTA]
  • CII Directive Could Plunge Europe into Software Patent Deluge, Says Butler Group [Tekrati]
  • Triumph for open source advocates as EU rejects patents law [TECHWORLD]
  • Software patents directive rejected - what now? [FSFE blogger]
  • European Software Patent law REJECTED! [Linux Format]
  • It's a NO! - 648 - 14 [GrokLaw]
  • Open source victory in EU software patent row [VNUNet.com]
  • Patent law is rejected in Europe [International Herald Tribune]
  • Summary of the Debate [European Parliament]
  • EU rejects software patents directive [Guardian Unlimited]
  • Red Hat and Sun Microsystems Team to Help Defeat European Software Patent Directive [Data Manager online]
  • EU Rejects Controversial Software Patents Proposal [eWEEK.com]
  • Small companies celebrate decision [FT.com]
  • No software patents in Europe, requests EPO review instrument [Free Software Foundation Europe]
  • E.U. scraps proposal on unified software patents [marketWatch]
  • EU assembly throws out bill to harmonize patents [Reuters UK]
  • EU Says No To Software Patents [Slashdot]
  • EU Parliament Rejects Patent Law Backed by Technology Companies [Bloomberg.com]
  • Update 8: Europe Parliament Nixes Software Patent Law [Forbes]
  • Software patent directive rejected [ZDNet UK]
  • European Parliament Rejects Law on Software Patents [Bloomberg.com]
  • European Parliament Says No to Software Patents [FFII]
  • Europe Parliament Nixes Software Patent Law [ABC News]
  • Richtlinie zu Softwarepatenten vom Tisch (in German). [tagesschau.de]
  • European Parliament says no to software patents, yes to innovation [FFII]
  • Red Hat and Sun Microsystems Team to Help Defeat European Software Patent Directive [Red Hat]
  • Software patent bill thrown out [BBC News]
  • EU Parliament bins software patent bill [The Register]
  • EU assembly throws out bill to harmonise patents [Reuters South Africa]
  • European Parliament says No to software patents [FFII]
  • Portal Sapo urges MEPs against software patents [FFII]
  • EU software patent law in danger, officials say [post-gazette·com]
  • Iris Scans' Leader Looks Secure [BusinessWeek Online]
  • High noon for software patent directive [ZDNet Australia]
  • EU vote over software patents [RTE News]
  • EU parliament set to drop software directive [FT.com]
  • Software patent opposition linked to 'anti-Americanism and anti-big business protests' [EUPolitix.com]
  • Vote ahead for EU 'software law' [BBC]
  • Changes loom for patent process in US, EU [NewsForge]
  • Nokia may contest patent decision [Australian IT]
  • Patent law in trouble on eve of EU vote [International Herald Tribune]
  • Briefly: Qualcomm accused of unfair sales [International Herald Tribune]
  • Europeans to vote on software patents [ITnews Australia]
  • Five European CEOs lobby on software patents [Electronic Engineering Times]
  • European Parliament Fails to Agree on Computer Patents [The New York Times]
  • Patenting bill on brink of failure - EP sources [EuroNews]
• July 5 2005
  • Patentability of computer-implemented inventions Transcript of Plenary Debate. [European Parliament]
  • Open source DVD burning software hit by legal threats [NewsForge]
  • 'Business methods' patents raise the stakes [Boston.com]
  • EU software patents go to vote again [TECHWORLD]
  • MEP offers colleagues ice-cream for pro-patent vote [FFII]
  • Nokia mulling opposition of Interdigital decision [Yahoo! News]
  • Nokia may contest patent arbitration decision [Yahoo! News]
  • Broadcom files antitrust lawsuit against Qualcomm [CNET News.com]
  • Update 5: EU Software Patent Law Said in Danger [Forbes]
  • No to Info-Communism. (Well known M$ fudsters). [Tech Central Station]
  • EU falters in efforts to make software patents uniform [The Houston Chronicle]
  • MEPs may scrap software patents law [EUobserver]
  • High noon for software patent directive [ZDNet UK News]
  • EU assembly to throw out patent bill [Reuters UK]
  • The pictures of the demonstration in Strasbourg [FFII]
  • Official: EU software patent law in danger [BusinessWeek Online]
  • EU parliament set to drop software directive [FT.com]
  • Sweeping Changes to the U.S. Patent System? Don't Bet on It! [Law.com]
  • EU Parliament moves closer to law rejection [BusinessWeek Online]
  • EU Closer To Rejecting Software Patents [Slashdot]
  • EU Software Patent Last-Minute News [GrokLaw]
  • Changes loom for patent process in US, EU [NewsForge]
  • EU parliament poised to scrap software patent bill UPDATE [Forbes]
  • EU software patent law said in danger [Boston.com]
  • Chances of a deal on EU patent law fading [Reuters South Africa]
  • Vote looms for EU 'software law' [BBC News]
  • Software Patent Law Draws Controversy in the EU [E-Commerce Times]
  • EU parliament wrangles over controversial software patents [TurkishPress.com]
  • EU Readies Vote on Software Patents [Newsfactor Network]
  • EU Parliament to Vote on Software Patents [Deutsche Welle]
  • Showdown in software patents war [EurActiv]
  • EU executive says would not resubmit patent bill [Reuters UK]
  • Vendors warn Euro patents bill won't add up [The Register]
  • Europe gears up to crucial software patent vote [ComputerWeekly.com]
  • EU under pressure as patent vote looms [PC Pro]
  • Speeches in EP 2005-07-05 [FFII]
  • Dumped streams of the EP debate, 050705 [Vrijschrift.org]
  • Lehne, McCreevy, demonstrators with canoes [FFII]
  • CEA-PME calls on MEPs to support 21 cross-party amendments [FFII]
  • Demonstrators protest software patent law [BusinessWeek Online]
  • EU software patents go to vote again [Techworld.com]
  • 'Business methods' patents raise the stakes [Boston.com]
  • Software patent row linked to 'anti-Americanism and anti-big business protests' [EUPolitix.com]
  • MEPs draw up battle lines for software patent vote [EUobserver]
  • EU parliament to decide on controversial software patents [Yahoo! News]
  • SAP-Info interview: Schindewolf against Software Patents [FFII]
  • Tech firms protest EU software IP law [Australian IT]
  • High-tech showdown looms as EU lawmakers vote on patents [International Herald Tribune]
  • Taylor-Wessing partner: Directive will give us US-style software patents [FFII]
  • EU will vote on software patents rules on Wednesday [LinuxWorld]
• July 4 2005
  • Intellectual Property Is Costing Me My Life [Kuro5hin]
  • EU software patent laws 'would put jobs at risk' [Cambridge Evening News]
  • Short article on "Patentability of Computer-implemented Inventions" near end, Newsletter June/July 2005. [SME Union]
  • Tech firms want Europe patent software law pulled [washingtonpost.com]
  • No to Software Patents: time to act, Press release. [lymec.org]
  • Opposition to Microsoft XML file-format patent mounts [tectonic]
  • South American country flouts U.S. patent laws [townhall.com]
  • Tech firms want Europe patent software law pulled [Reuters UK]
  • SMEs call on European Parliament to Protect Them From Software Patents [FFII]
• July 3 2005
  • European Patent Office Grants Intel Patent On Digital Video Recording [FFII]
  • Software firms ask European parliament to shelter them [the INQUIRER]
  • The European Parliament's Work on Software Patents in 2005 [FFII]
  • Plenary amendments: draft voting advice [FFII]
  • The Grinch Who Patented Christmas [Slashdot]
  • Intellectual property and trade [The Financial Express India]
• July 2 2005
  • Entering a dark age of innovation [New Scientist]
  • UK Dumb Patent Push [broadbandreports.com]
  • Govt notifies Draft Patent Rules [India Infoline]
  • EU Software Patent Directive Getting Hot [Slashdot]
  • Pro-SWPat MEP Manders now fears coming vote and seeks rejection [FFII]
• July 1 2005
  • Software Patents Don't Compute: No clear boundary between math and software exists , First of two articles on software patents, [IEEE Spectrum]
  • English Summaries: Patent War in Brussels (Scroll down). [DER SPIEGEL Online]
  • British Judge Rules Against E-Data in Patent Infringement Suit [blackenterprise.com]
  • Swedish patent officials lobby against cross-partisan amendments [FFII]
  • Samsung, Motorola share mobile technology [Yahoo! News]
  • Another RIM Shot [Wireless Week]
  • The team builder [Express Computer]
  • Qualcomm Celebrates 20th Anniversary With New Leadership, New Era [RedNova.com]
  • More about software patents [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Joint Bundestag Technology Experts call on MdEPs to stop Software Patents [FFII]
  • Sennheiser's trivial patents not threatened by European Parliament [FFII]
  • Danish government supports Rocard's approach [FFII]
  • 21 compromise amendments tabled by all groups in the European Parliament [FFII]
  • EP tables new amendments against software patents for plenary [FFII]
  • Microsoft XML patent opposed [The New Zealand Herald]

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• June 30 2005
  • Sendo: why it went titsup [The Register]
  • Italian Computer Security Association CLUSIT calls for vote against software patents [FFII]
  • Why Microsoft May Wade Into 'Adware' [The Wall Street Journal]
  • Computer Implemented Inventions aka 'Software Patents' [Sharon Bowles - MEP]
  • Greens/EFA building alliance to defend 21 key amendments [Greens/EFA]
  • Microsoft's new plan to monopolize Word [IT Manager's Journal]
  • ONLamp ESR: "We Don't Need the GPL Anymore" [ONLamp.com]
  • CCIA Warns of Americanization of European Patent System [Computer & Communications Industry Association]
  • RightNow Granted Break-Through Patent for Dynamic Phone Interface [CRM Today]
  • McAfee Granted 150th U.S. Patent [SecurityPro News]
  • How to Use the Google Patent to Get More Traffic [Self SEO]
  • Patent spat costs RIM $6.5m and counting [Silicon.com]
  • Court reverses Seachange patent ruling [Boston Business Journal]
  • Tech sector presses for patents law [SiliconRepublic.com]
  • RightNow Granted Break-Through Patent for Dynamic Phone Interface [CRM Today]
  • Bookbuilding Period for Esmertec IPO Extended by Two Days until Friday, July 1; First Trading on SWX Swiss Exchange Envisaged for Monday, July 4 [Invest Valley]
  • US giant snaps up Sendo's portfolio [icBirmingham]
  • D-Day for Innovation. Pro-patent FUD and politics. [Tech Central Station]
  • Bringing back LZW compression [NewsForge]
  • Patent spat costs RIM USD6.5 million and counting [ElectricNews.net]
  • New RIM Evidence May Bolster Defense [Forbes]
  • Above the RIMM [Yahoo! News]
  • Are Patents Pending? This story was modified on June 30 to clarify the position of the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure. [InformationWeek]
  • James Boyle on Software Patents: Question Your Assumption [Corante]
  • Software Patents important topic in ONLamp Raymond interview [FFII]
  • CCIA Warns of Americanization of European Patent System [FFII]
  • Amendments for 2. Reading [European Parliament]
  • Amazon patents shopper analysis system [VNUNet.com]
  • James Boyle: Geeks in software patent frenzy [FT.com]
  • Letter of Bendt Bendtsen to LUX presidency [DHCP42.de]
  • ENN Blog: Patently ridiculous (blog). [ElectricNews.net]
  • Key vote in Parliament on software patents directive, Background Information: 30-06-2005. [European Parliament]
  • Motorola picks up Sendo's brains [Silicon.com]
• June 29 2005
  • JCM Dismisses Competitor Lawsuit as Frivolous [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Symbol Restructures [Wireless Week]
  • No Roads For You [Alternet]
  • New Partner Adds Strength to Crowell & Moring's Intellectual Property Group [blackenterprise.com]
  • Motorola buys Sendo's brains [ZDNet]
  • Timeline Sues ProClarity for Patent Infringement [ArriveNet]
  • NTP patent keeps BlackBerry in a jam [CNET News.com]
  • Patent spat costs RIM millions [CNET News.com]
  • Opera and MySQL battle against software patents [ZDNet India]
  • For the record 29 June (third paragraph) [ElectricNews.net]
  • Patent injustice for small software companies [ZDNet UK]
  • "Ten Years of Chilled Innovation" That's the fallout from the Supreme Court ruling on file-sharing technologies, says Creative Commons chair and law prof Larry Lessig. [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Microsoft's New Monopoly, by: Richard Stallman. [NewsForge]
  • Duff calls for MEPs to support new package on EU Software Patents [Andrew Duff - MEP]
  • Local organisations challenge Microsoft XML patent [tectonic]
  • A Patent War Is Breaking Out On The Hill [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Sanity prevails over EU software patents [IT-Director.com]
  • Red Dollars For Red Hat [CMP net asia]
• June 28 2005
  • Watchdogs criticize misleading software patents lobby campaign, call for transparency [Corporate Europe Observatory]
  • The lobbying battle over the EU software patents directive [Corporate Europe Observatory]
  • Amazon Patents User Viewing Histories [Slashdot]
  • eChalk Awarded Patent Leader in Education Communication is Awarded Patent for their Cutting Edge Service. [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Chipworks expands systems analysis capabilities - Invests significantly in new lab facilities [Canada NewsWire Group]
  • Chipworks Invests in New Lab [Electronic News]
  • Chipworks adds new lab space [Ottawa Business Journal]
  • WordLogic Corporation: Patent Enforcement Underway [Market Wire]
  • Open Source and the Legend of Linksys [TechNewsWorld]
  • European Innovation Day - Issues for wireless players [The 3G Portal]
  • The emerging threat of intellectual property indemnification [Continuity Central]
  • Q&A: EU software patent law James Sturcke grapples with the 'patentability of computer-implemented inventions' directive. [Guardian Unlimited]
  • Opera and MySQL battle against software patents [ZDNet UK News]
  • Demonstration in Strasbourg (Tue 5th and Wed 6th July) [No Software Patents !]
  • New allies seal pact in DVD race [International Herald Tribune]
  • Software Patents: Demonstration in Strasbourg (Tue 5th July). [No Software Patents !]
• June 27 2005
  • Are Patents Pending? [InformationWeek]
  • Microsoft critics concerned by slowdown in EU case [CNET News.com]
  • RightNow Granted Break-Through Patent for Dynamic Phone Interface [blackenterprise.com]
  • Microsoft, Toshiba Team on HD-DVD Players [NYNewsday.com]
  • EU's Microsoft case faces new delays in court [Yahoo! News]
  • RightNow Picks Up Convergent Voice [TMCnet]
  • Toshiba, Microsoft eye new DVD system [CNNMoney]
  • Russian patented inventions now available online [Laboratorytalk]
  • Toshiba, Microsoft Strengthen Ties [eWEEK.com]
  • IT Confidential: R-E-S-P-E-C-T, If I Had A Hammer, Changes [InformationWeek]
  • Stakeholders in the Patent Reform Process Discuss an Overhaul of the Patent System [Mondaq]
  • Intellectual property holds immense value [Truth About Trade & Technology]
  • In electronics, what patents cannot do, alliances can [Earthtimes.org]
  • Microsoft, Toshiba may tie Windows CE and HD-DVD [ARNnet]
  • Toshiba, Microsoft to collaborate on next-gen DVD [Reuters]
  • Samsung asks court to limit Rambus chip patent enforcement [The Detroit News]
  • Fears Rise Over Open Source Copyrights [Forbes]
  • Yet more campaigning on software patents [The Register]
  • What's hot issue: The last 10 days [FFII]
  • Microsoft, Toshiba to make HD-DVD players [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Auditors highlight patent automation problems [FCW.com]
  • Something brew-ing [CHINAdaily]
  • Europe protests software patents vote [ITnews Australia]
• June 26 2005
  • "Patentanwalt" is not an Insult [Lenz Blog]
  • Conflict of interests of political party president in softwarepatents issue in the EU [LXer]
  • Irish developers sound patents warning [ElectricNews.net]
  • No PodBuddy for iPod lovers [Slashdot]
  • Building pyramids without patents 26/06/2005. [Dilbert]
• June 25 2005
  • Conflict of interests of political party president in softwarepatents issue in the EU [LXer]
  • Creativity Campaigner Tribeka trying to patent sale of software over the Internet [FFII]
  • Row over conflicts of interest of Klaus-Heiner Lehne MEP [FFII]
  • Klaus-Heiner Lehne MEP: EPP coordinator for software patentability in JURI [FFII]
  • In Agreement: Advantage Futures to Respect TT's MD Trader Patents [blackenterprise.com]
  • Intellectual property workshop [BIZCOMMUNITY.com]
  • Thompson Coburn Adds Partner to Firm [blackenterprise.com]
  • Old Patent Creates Controller Speculation [Cubed3.com]
  • New Nintendo Revolution Rumors: Patent and Poster [I4U]
• June 24 2005
  • UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology: Open Source software (PDF file), (includes section on software patents). [UK Parliament]
  • Microsoft releases under ShareAlike [lessig blog]
  • Have Nintendo Patented the Revolution controller? [HM-Fusion]
  • Full Revolution controller details finally revealed? [gamesradar.com]
  • Software patents; the America tax (blog). [Tech and Sec]
  • Microsoft To Pay IP Legal Fees if Partners Get Sued [TechNewsWorld]
  • Microsoft Raises Limits on Intellectual-Property Protection [CIO Today]
  • Showdown over European Software Patents [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Conversagent and InstantService partner to Escalate Automated Service Agent Conversations to Live Chat [I-Newswire]
  • Russian patented inventions online on STN International [pressbox.co.uk]
  • RIM lawsuit: all over bar the judgement? [The Register]
  • RIM Sees Daylight in Patent Dispute [internetnews.com]
  • Sending a message to RIM [CNET News.com]
  • This week in legal tech news [CNET News.com]
  • BSA, proof that even software companies can fail maths [HTMLfixIT.com]
  • Lies, Damn Lies and BSA Statistics [Corante]
  • The BSA's figures don't add up [ZDNet UK]
  • Lies, damn lies and statistics Leader. [ZDNet UK]
  • Poland against EU software patent laws [Monsters and Critics.com]
  • WIPO IIM/2: A sort of summary (blog). [Fellowship of Free Software Foundation Europe]
  • Patent Office weakens NTP's Blackberry patent case [TECHWORLD]
  • Advantage Futures settlems Trading Technologies patent claim [finextra]
  • FFII's fictious anti-patent agenda [FFII]
  • Lib Dems accused of patent hypocrisy [Silicon.com]
  • USPTO Rejects SBC Browser Patent [Slashdot]
  • Give us Software Patents, or no more Free Ice Cream! (PDF file) Humor [FFII]
  • Buzz Networking - The Newest Marketing Trend [eMediaWire]
  • Blackberry Maker Wins a Round in Payment Fight [SAP INFO]
  • Software sector ready for fast development [CHINAdaily]
  • TechSpin: Microsoft's Shield [Red Herring]
  • Microsoft to pay legal costs for partners [International Herald Tribune]
  • US Patent Office hands NTP a setback in RIM case [CIO Asia]
  • Microsoft to strengthen intellectual property protection [newratings]
  • Microsoft's anti spam tactics caned, Sender ID gets thumbs down. [the INQUIRER]
  • Rambus in EU "patents ambush" probe [the INQUIRER]
  • Georg Greve talks about Software Patents at Linuxtag 2005/FUDCon [FUDCon]
• June 23 2005
  • Heated Demonstrations Precede Europe's Vote On Software Patents [InformationWeek]
  • Microsoft Expands Protection For Partners [atnewyork.com]
  • Heated Demonstrations Precede Europe's Vote On Software Patents [InformationWeek]
  • Microsoft's Turn in the Indemnification Mill [eWEEK.com]
  • Brussels probes Rambus for 'patent ambush' [FT.com]
  • Microsoft Expands Legal Protection For PC Makers [InformationWeek]
  • Trading Technologies wins patent tussle [Chicagobusiness.com]
  • Free seeds [Planeta Porto Alegre]
  • Anti-software patent groups urge SMEs for support [Drobe launchpad]
  • Grokster Decision Will Spawn Immediate Legislative Assault [dBusinessNews]
  • Mad Dog Software Pioneers New Educational Program [e·releases]
  • United States: Congressmen Introduce Sweeping Patent Reform Bill [Mondaq]
  • Microsoft Steps Up Pressure To Adopt Spam-Fighting System [Technology Review.com]
  • Apple sued for iTunes interface patent infringement [GEEK.com]
  • Nero Offers Trial Version of Video Software [PC Magazine]
  • RIM case is example of the poor quality of software patents. [Russell McOrmond's blog]
  • Microsoft Ups Protection for PC Makers [BetaNews]
  • Spam Gets Cold Shoulder From Hotmail, MSN [E-Commerce Times]
  • Advantage Futures Reaches Agreement with Trading Technologies Regarding MD Trader(TM) Patents [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Heated demonstrations precede Europe's vote on software patents [EE Times]
  • Microsoft expands indemnification program for partners [Computerworld]
  • Microsoft-EU deal torpedoed by protests? [OVUM News]
  • Microsoft Strengthens Intellectual Property Protections for Partners [FinanzNachrichten.de]
  • Lobby groups go all out as EU patent deadline looms [Channel Register]
  • ICT Ireland pushes for software patents [ElectricNews.net]
  • Liberal Democrats accused of double standards over patents [ZDNet UK News]
  • Industry's 'satisfaction' is by no means widespread [FT.com]
  • Undersecretary of State: improvements to Software Patent Directive possible [heise online]
  • Irish tech group lobbies EU on patents [Business World]
  • Now, Apple get sued for the iTunes interface [Business Standard]
  • Patents Act draft norms finalised [Business Standard]
• June 22 2005
  • China won't protect IP until it gets its own IT [IT-Analysis.com]
  • Microsoft licence fees attacked [FT.com]
  • Parliament proposal on software patents would hit small firms - UEAPME [EUbusiness]
  • Microsoft pushes spam-filtering technology If your e-mail does not have a Sender ID, Microsoft wants to junk your message. [CNET News.com]
  • Patent Office Rejects More NTP Claims [The Washington Post]
  • Exchanges eye commodity securities. Patent sought for products linked to value of indexes. [MarketWatch]
  • NetRatings Continues Patent Enforcement Program [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Google site ranking explained by patent application [Ars Technica]
  • Realtek sues MStar for LCD controller IC patent infringement [Digital Times]
  • Microsoft Puts Roadblock in Front of Open-Sourcing Avalon and Indigo [eWEEK.com]
  • Samsung files SMS recall patent [The Register]
  • China won't protect IP until it gets its own IT [The Register]
  • US firm says Iran 'illegally' uses Internet filter software [Yahoo! News]
  • Microsoft Pushing Spam-Fighting System [Yahoo! News]
  • Patent office rejects more NTP claims [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Zebra Technologies Joins Intermec RFID Rapid Start Licensing Program; Agreement Promises Continued RFID Innovation [Market Wire]
  • Europe's harmonized patent rules take a step forward [Computerworld]
  • EU disappoints OSS supporters [Australian IT]
  • 'Yes' vote on EU patents vital to software industry [SiliconRepublic.com]
  • 1.4 Million Internet Marketers Risk Massive Fines and Crippling Damages, Claims U.S. Attorney at Law [PRWeb]
  • Software patent loopholes have grown, say campaigners [Silicon.com]
  • IT cos breathe easy as EU dilutes patent proposals [indiatimes]
  • Entrepreneurs risk copyright loss [Freelance UK]
  • Patent directive loopholes widened [Builder UK]
  • European parliament weakens patent bill [ComputerWeekly.com]
  • EU committee votes to patent software [Computing]
  • European Parliament Legal Affairs Ctte approves patent directive [DMeurope.com]
  • The Verdict on IP Protection [Managing Automation]
  • MSN Search Updates Results Based on RankNet [Search Engine Journal]
  • The end of free innovation [OSnews]
  • WMS Gaming, Cyberview Technology Sign Deal [Casino City Times]
  • Microsoft Corp. steps up pressure to adopt spam-fighting system [National Post]
  • CXO Systems Integrates Visibility Dashboard for Cisco [ebizq]
  • Apple sued over iTunes interface [Monsters and Critics.com]
  • Game industry magazine article on software patents [FFII]
  • More on software patents [ZDNet Blogss]
  • EU Parliament sides with big companies [Webindia123.com]
  • EU wrestles with digital patents [International Herald Tribune]
• June 21 2005
  • Buitenen Inquires on Possibilities for Sanctions against Council Patent Officials [FFII]
  • Patent absurdity [LXer]
  • Apple sued over iTunes interface [Ars Technica]
  • EU Parliament sides with big companies [MENAFN]
  • Bulgarian IT companies signed a declaration put forward by FSA-Bg. It has been given to the EU embassies in Sofia. [FFII]
  • The benefits of patents John Carroll (Microsoft employee) blog entry. [ZDNet Blogs]
  • USPTO Loosens Amendment Procedures [Patently-O: Patent Law Blog]
  • Parliament proposal on software patents would hit small firms (PDF file) [UEAPME]
  • Enterasys Networks Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Foundry Networks and Extreme Networks [blackenterprise.com]
  • Big software houses seen winners in EU patent vote [Computerworld]
  • Software patents - do your last bit now! [Tom Chance's Blog]
  • VideoLAN under serious threat [p2pnet.net]
  • Euro Group Rejects Restrictions On Software Patents [InformationWeek]
  • Apple sued over iTunes - again [The Register]
  • Apple Sued Over iTunes UI [Slashdot]
  • Conservatives and liberals deal a blow to small business and innovation [Greens/EFA]
  • EU takes step closer to software patents [VNUNet.com]
  • Committee rejects changes to Patents Directive [OUT-LAW]
  • European Parliament committee clears software patent law [The China Post]
  • EU Rejects Changes to Proposed Patent Law [eWEEK.com]
  • Europe's harmonized patent rules take a step forward [InfoWorld]
  • Technology groups celebrate ruling on software patents [FT.com]
  • EU vote 'widens loopholes' in software patent directive [ZDNet UK News]
  • Breakthrough for EU software patent law [Managing Intellectual Property]
  • Europe panel clears software patent law [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Software patents: EU parliamentarians adopt Council of Ministers' line [heise online]
  • Latest Telecom and Software News [OVUM News]
  • EU jettisons software patent amendments [The Register]
  • Major Blow to Opponents of Software Patents in EU [Slashdot]
  • Patent Reform Hits the Hill [Tech Central Station]
  • Europe moves closer to software patents [EE Times]
  • Big software houses seen winners in EU patent vote (Reuters) [LWN]
  • Chembio Discusses Novel Rapid Test Patent Application and the Need for Rapid Testing with AudioStocks.com [primezone]
  • Supreme Court to hear arbitration and patent cases [FT.com]
  • Apple Computer accused of patent infringement [newratings]
  • Committee Clears Software Patent Law [eWEEK.com]
• June 20 2005
  • Microsoft Puts Roadblock in Front of Open-Sourcing Avalon and Indigo, (+ comments at LWN). [eWEEK.com]
  • Big software houses seen winners in EU patent vote [The Washington Post]
  • Patent law passes EP committee without major changes [EurActiv]
  • JURI Vote on EU SW Patent Directive Amendments [GrokLaw]
  • UW is wary of changes in patent law [JS online]
  • Apple sued over iTunes software interface; injunction sought to prevent iTunes distribution [MacDailyNews]
  • Patent absurdity [ZDNet UK]
  • Economic-Majority supports Rocard amendments [FFII]
  • pSivida : Korean patent for orthopaedic products granted [Chemie.DE]
  • Will Tech Get Patent Laws Changed? [SAP INFO]
  • IT groups win EU ruling on patents [FT.com]
  • JURI Committee leaves Council text largely unchanged [FFII]
  • Patent absurdity [Guardian Unlimited]
• June 19 2005
  • SEI Receives Power Over Ethernet License [eMediaWire]
  • Becoming A Lawyer Is Hard Work For Chinese Student [VOA News]
  • Brazil patent seizure threatens global trade and public health [News-Medical.Net]
  • MG Rover asset 'sold by mistake' [BBC News]
  • A Patent Victory For Research In Motion [Forbes]
  • SEI Receives Power Over Ethernet License [VOA News]
  • The architect of Adobe India is relocating to the Silicon Valley [The Financial Express India]
  • Wen Jiabao Stresses Innovation for Hi-tech Sector [CRI Online - Radio CRIENGLISH]
• June 18 2005
  • FFII publishes working paper, calls for discussions within EPP [FFII]
• June 17 2005
  • DCIA Achieves Milestone of Fifty Members Trade Association Looks Forward to Supreme Court Decision in MGM v. Grokster Case [ArriveNet]
  • Brazil threatens to scrap restrictions over intellectual property rights of US companies [fibre2fashion]
  • RIM Says 'Workaround' Avoids Patent Claims [InformationWeek]
  • Patent-holder says "AOL VoIP is infringement: so I looked at their patent and... [ZDNet Blogs]
  • Product patent regime: A threat or boon! [Express Pharma Pulse]
  • 75 % of Chinese universities in great need of patent application [People's Daily Online]
  • Swing Ltd.'s Patent-Pending Solo CD Case to be Featured in Celebrity Gift Bag at the Apollo Theater's First Annual Spring Benefit [eMediaWire]
  • Patent accident hits plans for Rover sale [FT.com]
  • Computing Our Liberty: June 2005 [Libervis]
  • Nero Offers Trial Version of Video Software [Publish]
  • California News Tech Announces Letter of Intent to Merge Technology and Patents Created by Seymour I. Rubinstein, Renown Software Industry Inventor [ArriveNet]
  • Crime, but no punishment for Microsoft [ZDNet UK]
  • Lawyer firm sues Intel for using word Intel [the INQUIRER]
  • Epson Hits Another Ink Cartridge Maker [PCWorld]
  • BSA Spams Patent Holders [taint.org]
  • Vote looms for European patent bill [CNET News.com]
  • MS Office XML Formats Not OK with GNU [Yahoo! News]
  • MS Office XML Formats Not OK with GNU [eWEEK.com]
  • Showdown looms over patenting bill [Reuters]
  • EICTA's 'air of disaster' [FFII]
  • Patent Sale Part of University's Technology Transfer Plan [Newswise]
  • RIM creates patent 'workaround' [ZDNet UK News]
  • UK: "Making Britain The World's Creative Hub" - Purnell [noticias.info]
  • Free software game server engineers in Court [Technology News Daily]
• June 16 2005
  • News: Swedish Think Tank Eudoxa: World Intellectual Property Organization Under Assault From Developing Countries [mysan.de]
  • Mayors of Vienna and Munich: The wording of the directive should be absolutely clear [FFII]
  • Mayors of Vienna (Dr. Michael Häupl) and Munich (Christian Ude): The wording of the directive should be absolutely clear (PDF file) [muenchen.de]
  • Skyworks settles Qualcomm infringement suit [Mass High Tech]
  • RIM creates patent workaround [CNET News.com]
  • RIM NTP workaround for use in all BlackBerries - CEO [Reuters]
  • Software Pricing and Licensing: Inside the Perfect Storm [IDC]
  • Copyright-Worried Photo Labs Spurn Jobs [Yahoo! News]
  • UK: "Making Britain The World's Creative Hub" - Purnell New Creative Industries Minister James Purnell today launched a major debate on how Britain can become the world's creative hub...... [noticias.info]
  • Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP Has Filed a Shareholder Class Action Against Magma Design Automation, Inc. [primezone]
  • Qualcomm, Skyworks settle RF patent suit [CommsDesign]
  • Skyworks Settles Patent Litigation and Executes License Agreement with Qualcomm; Skyworks SMV Patent Portfolio Licensed to Qualcomm [Design And Reuse]
  • Some Assembly Required [Tech Central Station]
  • Sciencemag: U.S. Patent Reform Begins Long Journey Through Congress (subscription) [Science magazine]
  • Skyworks, Qualcomm Settle Patent Suit [MSN Money]
  • Suit claims America Online voice products violate patent [post-gazette·com]
  • Revised patent law to boost local brands [Yomiuri Online]
  • BlackBerry backup plan set in patent impasse [The Seattle Times]
  • Chi Mei, Hitachi reach patent pact [Taipei Times]
  • AOL faces $200m lawsuit [The Register]
• June 15 2005
  • Power.Org on the Road to Open Hardware [IT-Analysis.com]
  • VSUS Technologies, Inc. Retains Morrison & Foerster as Company's Legal Representation for Copyright, Trademark, Patent Protection and Infringement [ArriveNet]
  • How to Stop a Thief -- China [blackenterprise.com]
  • Timeline Reports Fiscal 2005 Results [blackenterprise.com]
  • Glancy Binkow & Goldberg LLP, Representing Investors Who Purchased Magma Design Automation, Inc., Announces Class Action Lawsuit and Seeks to Recover Losses. [primezone]
  • Member states keep on pushing for software patents [EDRI]
  • PowerDsine Grants License for its Power over Ethernet Midspan Patent to Alpha Telecom [Market Wire]
  • Red Hat makes patent reform a key strategy [ComputerWeekly.com]
  • Klausner Technologies, Inc. Sues AOL for Patent Infringement; Damages and Royalties on AOL Voicemail, Call Alert and VOIP Estimated at $200 Million [Market Wire]
  • Merck KGaA wins in US Supreme Court patent appeal [Forbes]
  • Telecom standards face patent ambush threat [ZDNet UK News]
  • New Amazon Patent Cites Bezos Patent Reform [Slashdot]
  • Red Hat makes patent reform a key strategy [ComputerWeekly.com]
  • EU prefers ´computer-aided´ patents [ZDNet India]
  • CEO of automotive technology SME grills Scania over software patents [FFII]
  • Open Source Triple Play [Computerworld Singapore]
• June 14 2005
  • BSA disgusted with critiques of their inflammatory piracy loss methodology [Ars Technica]
  • Business Software Alliance speaks on IP issues [Silicon Valley Media Law Blog]
  • Gaming Partners International Comments on Newly Formed Alliance and Patent Acquisition as an Industry Endorsement of RFID Technology [Market Wire]
  • Patent process can be daunting [Daily Republic]
  • Samsung Files Countersuit In Patent Battle With Rambus [InformationWeek]
  • RIM admits uncertainty [The Globe And Mail]
  • Companies prevail over patent holders [Chicago Tribune]
  • U.S. Patent & Trademark Office Grants Telos First Process Patent for Certification and Accreditation [Market Wire]
  • Samsung countersues Rambus [The Register]
  • Microsoft Gives $1 Million to Berkeley Center for Law & Technology [AScribe]
  • As Patent Deal Unravels, Anxiety Rises at BlackBerry Maker [Forbes]
  • EU prefers ´computer-aided´ patents [ZDNet UK News]
  • A new master thesis titled "(while) waiting for software patents" (PDF file) [Swedish], Petterson & Sandblom. Published under a Creative Commons license [FFII se]
  • Conference on Patent Policy Making, Jerzy Buzek MEP: Report of the June 1st Conference on Patent Policy Making [Jerzy Buzek - MEP]
  • EU confirms investigation into telecom standards body [Forbes]
  • EU Commission probes telecom standards body over ´patent ambush´ fears - report [Forbes]
  • EU to probe "lax" patent regulations [FT.com]
• June 13 2005
  • Microsoft donates $1M to Berkeley law, tech center [San Francisco Business Times]
  • EU to probe "lax" patent regulations [FT.com]
  • Half-page deal torn apart in BlackBerry patent dispute [OUT-LAW]
  • Postini Receives New Patent Allowance for SMTP Connection Threat Identification and Regulation [PR Newswire]
  • BlackBerry Patent Tussle Continues [The Washington Post]
  • IT Confidential: Patent Law, Train Wrecks, Shoe Stores [InformationWeek]
  • More Patent Worries for Mobile Phones [Slashdot]
  • Industry And Congress Seek Major Overhaul Of U.S. Patent System [InformationWeek]
  • QUALCOMM Purchases Vesuvius; Former Management Team Creates Vulano Group [blackenterprise.com]
  • Qualcomm buys Vesuvius Inc. [Denver Business Journal]
  • Qualcomm buys 10 patents for wireless broadcast [RCR Wireless News]
  • QUALCOMM Purchases Vesuvius [WirelessIQ]
  • Westminster´s World Am to buy Senz-It [Denver Business Journal]
  • Open future is written in the stars - world according to | Matthew Szulik [Australian IT]
  • Anxiety rises as BlackBerry deal unravels [CNET News.com]
  • This week´s IP news round up, [Ownit]
  • Innovation: The Impossible Dream? Not if we fight hard against software patents. [eWEEK.com]
  • Top 10 most common intellectual property rights mistakes during venture capital due diligence [Silicon Valley NORTH]
  • For BlackBerry Maker, Anxiety Rises as a Deal Unravels, (registration required) [The New York Times]
  • Position On Patentability Of Computer Implemented Inventions [pdf] [EUROCHAMBRES]
• June 12 2005
  • European Enterprise Institute serving as a patent lobby frontend [FFII]
  • RIM, Nokia, world+dog sued over phone network patent [the INQUIRER]
  • Morrison & Foerster Victorious in Patent Infringement Case Against Microsoft, Awarding Armando Amado $8.96 Million in Damages [LawFuel]
  • Smith: Patent reform a top goal [The Herald-Zeitung]
  • Provisional patent application offers inventors protection [HeraldTribune.com]
  • EU software patent - The Empire Strikes Back BSA gets into the fight [Netért]
• June 11 2005
  • GPhA Calls for Further Analysis of Patent Reform Act [blackenterprise.com]
  • Microsoft loses a tiny but potentially significant patent case [OVUM News]
  • GPhA on US Patent Reform: Thoughtful, Deliberative Analysis Needed [I-Newswire]
  • Collapse of RIM´s patent deal with NTP stuns investors [The Globe And Mail]
  • The Linux Engine that Could [CIO Asia]
• June 10 2005
  • RIM Re-Files Lawsuit Against NTP [Mobiledia]
  • Patent reform bill surfaces in Congress, but it is too little, too late? [ZDNet Blogs]
  • Microsoft loses Excel Patent Case [P2PReactor.com]
  • Google Patent Study - The fine taste of Bourbon? [The SEO Blog]
  • Microsoft loses Excel Patent Case [bit-tech.net]
  • Net pioneers to establish UK software beachhead [Scoop]
  • Scott McNealy thinks Windows Edition N will not make a difference [Software Journal]
  • Siemens Acceleration invests in NordNav - Swedish start-up pioneers satellite navigation evolution [noticias.info]
  • Trade Battle With Brazil Threatens U.S. Copyrights [Los Angeles Times]
  • ComCity and CardinalCommerce Join Forces to Offer Payer Authentication [ArriveNet]
  • MBT's Automated Legacy Application Conversion software [Express Computer]
  • myVR Releases 3D Real-Time Interactive Streaming Solution [TenLinks.com]
  • Keep an eye on LI patents [Newsday.com]
• June 9 2005
  • BSA: Only 20% of CII are SME-owned, CII equals swpat in the US. [FFII]
  • Amazon CEO sees solutions in patent reform [CNET News.com]
  • Sweeping U.S. Patent Reform Proposed [BetaNews]
  • Lawmakers Want "Patent Troll" Crackdown [Los Angeles Times]
  • MEPs vote on patent rules [Guardian Unlimited]
  • TI again prevails in CDMA patent dispute with Qualcomm [EE Times]
  • House begins work on patent-system overhaul [Reuters]
  • Blackberry hits patent "impasse" [BBC News]
  • Flexibilities of TRIPs and Doha Declaration ignored [Express Pharma Pulse]
  • German Federal Minister of Justice tempting MEPs towards Software Patents [FFII]
  • Question of the Week Responses: Video Game Patents [Gamasutra]
  • PR: GPL Version 3: Background to Adoption [linux today]
  • Getty and Corbis win image patent dispute [seattlepi.com]
  • Catuity Strengthens Loyalty Patent Portfolio; European Patent Office Awards EMV-Focused Loyalty Patent [blackenterprise.com]
  • RIM, NTP Reopen Patent Dispute [CIO Today]
  • SMEs don´t get their fair share of EU patents [ZDNet UK News]
  • Research In Motion asks court to complete US$450M settlement with NTP [National Post]
  • Court Tosses Patent Case Against Corbis, Getty [internetnews.com]
  • Patent Reform: Patent Act of 2005 [Patently-O: Patent Law Blog]
  • US Congress: Patent Act of 2005 (PDF file) [State Bar of California]
  • Patent Reform Bill Introduced in U.S. House [Slashdot]
  • Microsoft´s antitrust offering ´blocks Samba´ [ZDNet UK News]
  • Court rules against E-Data in "Freeny" patent case [The Register]
  • FFII: NL Government Says Abort the Swpat Directive [FFII]
  • Hacker camp in the Netherlands: Everything's gonna be alright [heise online]
  • Ramco gets Gold Certified Partner status [Chennai Online]
  • IBM a reluctant user of Wine software [ARNnet]
  • Ramco gets Gold Certified Partner status [Chennai Online]
  • Dead Patents Walking. Loopholes in the patent process exploited by Jerome Lemelson, one of the most prolific inventors of all time, may be finally closing in on him. [IEEE Spectrum Careers]
• June 8 2005
  • The Patent Reform Act of 2005 [Obsidian Wings]
  • Smith Introduces Patent Reform Bill [Congressman Lamar Smith]
  • A Response From The Authors Of "Top Mythconceptions on Patent Protection of Video Games" [Gamasutra]
  • FFII: BSA study concludes European SMEs barely own software patents [FFII]
  • Prepaid wireless biller´s future uncertain [BusinessWeek Online]
  • FatLens Wins at the IBDNetwork Under the Radar Innovation Awards [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Google Patent Application  - Linking [Self SEO]
  • Microsoft fined $9 million for Excel patent infringement [TECHWORLD]
  • Jury finds Cisco didn´t infringe StorageTek patent [Kansas.com]
  • Finnish inventor sues Nokia for patent infringement [EE Times]
  • A fix for a broken patent system? [CNET News.com]
  • Nokia sued for infringing a patent on hands-free answering [Engadget]
  • Power Architecture Lauded at European Summit [ArriveNet]
  • UK importer hits out at Sony [Gameplanet]
  • U.S. Congress Invites PUBPAT Executive to Testify About Patent Reform [The Public Patent Foundation]
  • Patent firms ally to enforce CPU "patent litigation dream" [the INQUIRER]
• June 7 2005
  • Why Patents May Be Inefficient In Emerging Markets -- An Economic Analysis [techdirt]
  • Say hello to BenQ-Siemens [GSMArena.com]
  • Siemens And Benq To Forge Partnership [TelephonyWorld]
  • FSFE: "Microsoft abuses the good will of Ms. Kroes" - "European Commission is about to enter legal house-to-house fighting!" [Free Software Foundation Europe]
  • FSFE on Microsoft proposal to European Commission [LWN]
  • PTO Takes (Baby) Step to Further Limit Submarine Patents [Patently-O: Patent Law Blog]
  • Microsoft Beaten In Patent Infringement Case [WebProNews]
  • EU to suspend part of Microsoft ruling [International Herald Tribune]
  • Rambus sues old pal Samsung [ZDNet]
  • Rambus sues customer, terminates Samsung memory licences [the INQUIRER]
  • Microsoft loses Excel patent case [The Register]
  • Devil´s Advocate: Microsoft´s foolish patent policy [Silicon.com]
  • A make-or-break court case, Left as is, patent verdict could end telecom´s days. [Boston.com]
• June 6 2005
  • A European software patent report from FFII [LWN]
  • Cree Licenses COTCO Under White LED Patent [Market Wire]
  • Digitisation of patent records drags on [Business Standard]
  • Microsoft fined $9.9M in patent case [CNNMoney]
  • Microsoft ordered to pay $8.9 mln in patent case [Reuters UK]
  • Interview with PxScan, PxView developer Alexander Noe [Wikinerds Portal]
  • Recordings of the Greens-efa conference on "Free Software and Software Patents" [mp3] [FFII]
  • Pro-patent lobby in sticky situation over ice-cream offer [ZDNet UK News]
  • The Future of the Patent System [Danish Teknologirådet]
  • FFII: Patent administrators preempting parliaments in Council [FFII]
  • Status report, The author is commissioner of the State Intellectual Property Office of China [CHINAdaily]
  • GCC allows members to sign bilateral deals with U.S.. [The Daily Star]
  • A better-informed world thanks to open source software. [The Jakarta Post]
• June 5 2005
  • Nokia announces patent support to the Linux Kernel [The 3G Portal]
  • Next Steps in Patent Reform [Patently-O: Patent Law Blog]
  • SAP prend position sur la brevetabilité des inventions logicielles [Progilibre·com]
  • Technicality springs DUI defendants. [OrlandoSentinel]
  • Red Hat wants the patent legislation changed [SOFTPEDIA]
  • Red Hat Aims To Remove Barriers And Spin Off Fedora [WebProNews]
  • MEP offers colleagues ice cream for pro-patent vote [FFII]
  • PCG warns of serious consequences for small businesses of EU Software Patents Directive [The Professional Contractors Group]
• June 4 2005
  • Canon and RAW file: "official" statement [Diary of a CrazyFrench]
  • Why Open Source should be important to all web developers. Why Open Source should be important to all web developers......[HTMLfixIT.com]
  • Council trying to derail Parliament´s Second Reading [FFII]
  • Don´t fear the patent [Newsforge]
• June 3 2005
  • Red Hat Spins Off Fedora Project [InformationWeek]
  • Red Hat Calls for Intellectual Property and Patent Policy Reform; Red Hat Commits Significant Resources toward Fedora Foundation. [Market Wire]
  • Red Hat lets go of Fedora Linux [CNET News.com]
  • IBM´s Patent Model Spurs Innovation [eWEEK.com]
  • Red Hat gears up for patent fights on two fronts [PC Pro]
  • AdMission Digital Media Patent May Have Serious Ad Implications [MarketingVOX News]
  • BellSouth Settles Patent Dispute With Comverse [LocalTechWire.com]
  • Planet Bingo to Appeal in Patent Infringement Lawsuit against GameTech [Planet Bingo]
  • Patent office email bid to attract public comments [ZDNet UK News]
  • BellSouth settles patent dispute with Comverse [Reuters]
  • Red Hat calls for patent policy reforms [Sify]
• June 2 2005
  • Indecipherable Patents [Patently-O: Patent Law Blog]
  • Software patent debate heads for climax [EDRI]
  • Free software fans take a stand against software patents [The Register]
  • Groklaw´s high definition on software patents [ZDNet UK]
  • Small businesses in software patents row [Shout99]
  • AdMission Corp. Granted Web-Based Media Submission Patent [TMCnet]
  • Verso Seeks to Strengthen Patent for Computer and Telephone Network Management [Market Wire]
  • Chinese warned about patent, trademark rights [The Houston Chronicle]
  • Possible prior art for Microsoft XML patent found [ZDNet UK News]
• June 1 2005
  • The True Value Of Intellectual Property [Linux Pipeline]
  • Notes from the FFII/CCIA/EPP Conference [FFII]
  • E.U. IT commissioner: No plans to pull patent directive [ITworld.com]
  • Patent Office´s Workshops Show A Way Forward On Software Patents [Managing Information]
  • Online Forum on Intellectual Property in the Information Society [FFII]

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May 2005

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• May 31 2005
  • WIPO Launches Opportunity For Stakeholders To Participate In IP Policy Debate [Managing Information]
  • Feature: "It´s Just a Game, Right? Top Mythconceptions on Patent Protection of Video Games" [Gamasutra]
  • Connected Media Technologies Receives Notice of Allowance for U.S. Patent on "A Media Validation System" [EMediaLive.com]
  • EU funds study into software patent impact [TECHWORLD]
  • Tumbleweed Granted New Digital Certificate Patent [Market Wire]
  • TriCipher Adds to Patent Portfolio With New Password Protection Technology [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Patent law threatens software companies [The Scotsman]
  • GameTech gets favorable patent ruling [BusinessWeek Online]
• May 30 2005
  • Ban Frivolous Patent Filers [Mathaba News]
  • Stallman: Nokia´s patent announcement next to nothing [OSDir.com]
  • Patent Application for Semi-Permeable LCD for Mobile Phone Grows [Telecoms Korea]
  • EU studies impact of software patents on open source [LinuxWorld]
  • Stallman: Nokia´s patent announcement next to nothing [NewsForge]
• May 28 2005
  • XMULTIPLE announces the release of patent pending FlashPoint USB Memory Pen "Share Drive" [ArriveNet]
  • Nestor, Inc. Drops Patent Infringement Suit Against Redflex Traffic Systems, Inc. [Market Wire]
  • KVH Awarded Patent for Noise Reduction in Fiber Optic Gyros [RedNova.com]
  • Patent Office makes a technical contribution [The Register]
  • Patch: remove non-cleanroom pwc driver compression [LWN]
• May 27 2005
  • UK workshops find patent directive faulty [ZDNet UK News]
  • Patents: Do They Boost Or Break Development? [AllAfrica]
  • Patent Office makes a technical contribution [The Register]
  • Microsoft defends its patents [ZDNet UK News]
  • Patent absurdities are plain unsporting [ZDNet UK]
  • UK workshops find patent directive faulty [ZDNet UK News]
  • Second Patent Granted to ClearPlay; Core Patent Covers Skipping and Muting of Movie Content; Seven Additional Patent Applications Have Been Filed in Support of This Product [Market Wire]
• May 26 2005
  • Microsoft slammed over XML patent [ZDNet UK News]
  • Lawsuit Against Alltel Alleges Patent Infringement [Arkansas Business.com]
  • Rambus Reaches 400th Issued Patent Milestone; Total Issued and Pending Patents Exceed 800 [Market Wire]
  • Claritas Receives Patent on System Developed for Customizing Online Commercial Transactions in Real Time [Market Wire]
• May 25 2005
  • Nokia Announces Patent Support To The Linux Kernel [Mobiledia]
  • Nokia announces patent support to the Linux Kernel [Nokia]
  • Apple and Microsoft want extended patent protection [HTMLfixIT.com]
  • Foreign funded enterprises much more active on patent application [People's Daily Online]
  • Iomega Scores Nano-Optical Storage Patent [Enterprise IT Planet]
  • New patent could boost Iomega [SignOnSanDiego.com]
• May 24 2005
  • Experts support the EU parliament in its position on software patents [heise online]
  • OASIS Approves OpenOffice 2.0 File Format [eWEEK.com]
  • OASIS: Meaningful open standards or mirage? [NewsForge]
  • OASIS Okays Open Source Open Doc Format for Office Apps [ADTmag.com]
  • FTC claims Rambus spoiled antitrust evidence [Channel Register]
  • Patent reform--or else [CNET News.com]
  • EP: "Patent directive is flawed" [ZDNet UK News]
  • TAEUS International Announces Patent Brokering Division; New Program Unites Buyers and Sellers of Patents [Market Wire]
  • Tech Brief: Developers clash over patent plan [International Herald Tribune]
• May 23 2005
  • Patsystems settles TT patent claim [finextra]
  • June 1st Conference on Patent Policy Making [FFII]
  • Software antagonists square off in EU Parliament [Yahoo! News]
  • The patentability of computer implemented inventions : the latest EC Council position [Droit et Nouvelles Technologies]
  • Commission gets industry support for Microsoft case [The Register]
  • EU Issues Ultimatum to Microsoft [Deutsche Welle]
  • EU says it will reach a deal with Microsoft by month´s end? [Ars Technica]
• May 22 2005
  • Microsoft praises government for its pro-business approach [The Post]
  • Technology: Evaluating a patent system gone awry [Lincoln Journal Star]
  • Software antagonists square off in European Parliament [Reuters UK]
• May 21 2005
  • The Patent Trap [Law.com]
  • Much more to a name than meets the eye [asahi.com]
• May 20 2005
  • Broadcom sues Qualcomm for future of mobiles [TECHWORLD]
  • SMEs, software, copyright and patents" event co-hosted by the EPO and the FFII [FFII]
  • Broadcom Sues Qualcomm over Chips [CRMBuyer]
  • NetRatings Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Coremetrics And Omniture [Tekrati]
  • Patsystems settles TT patent claim [finextra]
  • ORBOTECH receives injunction in its patent infringement suit against Camtek [EMSNow]
  • Award of E-Mail-Related Patent to Microsoft Questioned [TechNewsWorld]
  • Broadcom sues Qualcomm for patent infringement [Computer Business Review]
  • Tech giant´s patent setback [DenverPost.com]
• May 19 2005
  • Putting ´technical contribution´ to the test [Builder UK]
  • Broadcom broadsides Qualcomm with wireless chip IP lawsuit [Channel Register]
  • Orbotech continues with patent lawsuit [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Microsoft Sued for Patent over Excel, Access [Newsfactor Network]
  • Irvine company sues Qualcomm for patent infringement [SignOnSanDiego.com]
  • Cree licenses white LED patent [EE Times]
  • US wireless Lan patent battle turns nasty [VNUNet.com]
  • NetRatings Files Patent Infringement Lawsuits Against Coremetrics and Omniture [PR Newswire]
  • US tech companies bid to annul wireless patent [PC Pro]
  • Patent Issued to CSS for Onsite & Remote Control of Safe with Electronic Lock [Send2Press]
• May 18 2005
  • Dramatic Changes Proposed for EU Patent Proposal [eWEEK.com]
  • Microsoft sued over Excel data-linking [MSNBC]
  • EU takes axe to software patents directive [The Register]
  • Microsoft patents nuts and bolts of email [the INQUIRER]
  • Intel, Microsoft, HP, Dell, Apple try to topple patent [the INQUIRER]
  • IT giants fight wireless patent [ZDNet UK News]
  • Computer giants take aim at CSIRO patent [ABC News Online]
  • Click Commerce Granted Innovative Database Security Patent [PR Newswire]
  • Taiwan´s MediaTek to appeal US ITC rule on patent infringement claim by Zoran [Forbes]
  • Network Resonance Receives Patent for Secure Network Auditing Technology [Yahoo! Finance]
  • US Patent Office Grants Venali´s Request to Reexamine J2 Patent on Grounds of Invalidity [Market Wire]
• May 17 2005
  • EU seeks ´legally clever´ patent definition [ZDNet Australia]
  • EU plans for software patents hit fresh obstacle [FT.com]
  • Mistrial in Overture ad patent dispute [The Register]
  • Yahoo!'s Trend Analysis Patent [Search Engine Journal]
  • Initial Determination in Patent Infringement Investigation Finds MediaTek Infringes Zoran Patent [PR Newswire]
  • eMotion´s Rich Media Patent Portfolio Expands With Award of Digital Rights Management Patent [Market Wire]
  • Independent Inventor Secures Landmark Search Engine Patent [eMediaWire]
• May 16 2005
  • Macrovision Applies for P2P Interdiction Patents [Slashdot]
  • Fortinet disputes Trend Micro patent ruling [The Register]
  • Fortinet to fight ITC patent ruling, Unhappy with Trend Micro victory. [the INQUIRER]
  • eBay Patent Case Against MercExchange Put on Hold by U.S. Court of Appeals [Internet Ad Sales]
  • Networkcar(R) Awarded Eighth Patent for Innovation in Remote Diagnostics [mysan.de]
  • Toshiba, Microsoft sign patent licensing deal [Computer Reseller News]
• May 14 2005
  • Toshiba, Microsoft in patent alliance [asahi.com]
  • Fortinet Loses a Patent Case [Red Herring]
  • Court Issues Stay in EBay Patent Case [Los Angeles Times]
  • Patent your works, researchers told [thestar]
  • Gateway-HP patent tussle continues [HindustanTimes.com]
  • Nation strives for more say in technical standards [Xinhua]
  • High Stakes Battle Waged Over Search Technology Patent [Los Angeles Business Journal]
  • Symantec Pays Altiris $10 Million To Settle Patent Disputes [InformationWeek]
  • Avistar announces patent infringement lawsuit against Tandberg [Avistar News]
• May 13 2005
  • Philips Teams With Microsoft [Site Punch]
  • Microsoft and Toshiba cross license their tech [the INQUIRER]
  • Toshiba, Microsoft sign patent cross-licensing pact [thestar]
  • Trend Micro patent upheld by trade judge [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Lucent wins patent lawsuit, Extreme claims victory [TECHWORLD]
  • Wine development stifled by software patent [ZDNet UK News]
  • Judge Declares Mistrial in Findwhat.com, Inc. Patent Ifringement Case [PayPerClickAnalyst.com]
  • eBay Patent Case Against MercExchange Put on Hold by U.S. Court of Appeals [Market Wire]
  • Intellectual Property Owners Association Supports Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Provision of COMPETE Act [Yahoo! Finance]
• May 12 2005
  • The ultimate conference on sofware patents "Free Software and Software Patents", Agenda, Thursday, 02 June 2005 at 09:30 AM-12:00 PM in Bruxelles/Brussel, [Greens/EFA]
  • Wine development stifled by software patent [Builder UK]
  • Lucent wins patent infringement claim against Extreme Networks [Computerworld]
  • Lantronix Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit against Digi International [primezone]
  • Jury Fails to Determine Validity of Yahoo! Ad Tech Patent [ClickZ]
  • Altiris and Symantec Agree to Settle All Pending Patent Litigation [Yahoo! Finance]
• May 11 2005
  • Apple patent suggests Tablet Mac [Macworld UK]
  • Tablet Mac Patent [The Unofficial Apple Weblog]
  • Extensis in font patent victory [Macworld UK]
• May 10 2005
  • Patents and SMEs - good or bad? [nowEurope]
• May 9 2005
  • iRobot Files Patent and Copyright Infringement Lawsuit to Protect Roomba Robotic Floorvac [Market Wire]
  • Mobility Electronics sells patent package for $13M [The Business Journal of Phoenix]
  • Texas Patent Attorney Shot and Killed [Patently-O: Patent Law Blog]
  • Scientific Games Files Patent Infringement Suit Against GTECH [Yahoo! Finance]
• May 8 2005
  • Industry urges Congress to bolster patent review [IndyStar.com]
  • Time well spent [MetroWest Daily News]
• May 7 2005
  • Academia to offer business tips [IndyStar.com]
  • Inventor in the patent office [indiatimes]
  • Nanosys Announces Issued Patent Covering Fundamental Nanowire Heterostructures [PhysOrg.com]
• May 6 2005
  • Court dismisses patent suit against NTP [BlackBerry Cool]
  • EchoStar Files Patent Lawsuit Against TiVo [Los Angeles Times]
  • Rothschild-Landry Introduces Patent-Pending AirShare(SM) [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Sky Blue, Earth Round - And Dell Hits Mark With Its Latest Results [Investor's Business Daily]
  • Seagate and Cornice Reach Partial Settlement of Their Pending Patent Lawsuits [Computer Technology Review]
  • Evaluating a patent system gone awry [The Detroit News]
  • Google looks to patent news ranking by quality [Computerworld]
• May 4 2005
  • Kilroy-less UKIP lashes out at software patents [Silicon.com]
  • Google patent may shake up news story rankings [InfoWorld]
  • Sequiam receives fingerprint patent [Orlando Business Journal]
  • Data Depth Files International PCT Patent Application on iCopyright Toolbar [Market Wire]
  • Patent Suit Adds Intel, AMD [internetnews.com]
  • HP and EMC settle patent dispute [OUT-LAW]
  • Microsoft loses a round in Eolas patent case [seattlepi.com]
• May 3 2005
  • Garmin patent suit targets digital compass-makers [The Business Journal of Kansas City]
  • HP, EMC say settle long-running patent dispute [Reuters]
  • O2Micro Granted Significant Patent Continuation for Battery Charging Invention [Market Wire]
  • HP agrees to pay $325m to settle patent lawsuits [Boston.com]
  • PowerDsine Inc. Files Patent Infringement Suit Against Phihong [Market Wire]
• May 2 2005
  • Google seeks all the news that´s fit to search [ZDNet]
  • Congress urged to reform patent system [World Peace Herald]
  • Mobile Satellite Ventures´ New Patent Awarded for Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Service [primezone]
  • Nestor, Inc. Announces Summary Judgement Against Nestor Patent Infringement Claims [Market Wire]
  • HP, EMC End Patent Dispute [internetnews.com]
  • HP, EMC settle patent infringement case [BusinessWeek Online]
  • Seagate and Cornice Reach Partial Settlement of Their Pending Patent Lawsuits [Yahoo! Finance]
  • Patent litigation worries tech industry [ScienceDaily Magazine]
  • FutureLogic Challenges Transact Technologies´ Patent Allowance [TMCnet]
• May 1 2005
  • America lauds India for new patent law [The Financial Express India]
  • Teva VP: US fears Israel´s patent law [Globes [online]]
  • TRIPS patent laws matter [Socialist Worker]
  • Patent Searching For Students Or New Inventors [About]

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