Microsoft Told to Pay Alcatel-Lucent $368 Million
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| Microsoft Corp., the world's biggest software maker, was told to pay $368
| million after a jury found it infringed two patents owned by Alcatel-Lucent
| SA for touch- screen form entry and use of a stylus on computers.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=axahvgWQPnX8&refer=news
Maybe they'll eventually rethink the suitability of software patents as a
business model. If only they suffer enough...
Watch this new one:
European Patent Office revokes web-to-print patent
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| The European Patent Office (EPO) has revoked patent number EP1040428 for a
| procedure for computerised prepress. According to printing news site Beyond
| Print the verdict is binding, but not yet legally enforceable. The reasoning
| behind the verdict has not yet been released.
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| [...]
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| The three companies took action against VistaPrint because they viewed data
| exchange as being of vital significance for the printing industry. The EPO
| started examining the case in January.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/106018/from/rss09
Sanity prevails at the EPO.
Days ago:
Microsoft and Dell await verdict on patent claim
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| The patents were owned by Lucent Technologies Inc, which Alcatel SA acquired
| in 2006. Lucent sued in 2002 claiming infringement of patents for
| computer-video coding used in digital television, DVDs and video games, a
| method for entering data on computer forms, and the use of a stylus.
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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2008/04/01/2003407949
Avistar baffled over Microsoft patent fight
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| So far, four of Microsoft’s requests have been rejected by the US Patent
| Trademark Office (USPTO) on procedural grounds. If all procedural flaws are
| corrected, the USPTO has approximately two months to decide whether or not to
| grant the requests and hold a full formal re-examination.
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| Tony Rodde, president of Avistar, said: “Avistar has a lot of questions about
| why Microsoft might be doing this, because some of these patents have nothing
| to do with Microsoft’s technology or business.”
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http://www.vnunet.com/crn/news/2213103/avistar-baffled-microsoft-3916000
Related:
Microsoft is rejected on patents case
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| An appeals court on Friday rejected Microsoft Corp.'s challenge to a $142
| million trial loss over patents on a way to prevent software piracy.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/340059_msftsuit17.html
Timeline wins $5M from Microsoft in patent settlement
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| According to Timeline's SEC filing last week, Microsoft agreed to pay
| Timeline $5 million within 14 days as part of the settlement. Timeline, which
| describes itself as a "company ... solely focused on commercializing its
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| patent portfolio," had sued the Redmond computer giant and its subsidiary
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| ProClarity Corp. for patent infringement.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/071022/1538829.html?.v=1
Visto Wins $7.7 Million in Damages
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| Besides Seven Networks, Redwood Shores-based Visto has sued rival
| Good Technology Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd.,
| the maker of the ubiquitous BlackBerry device that helps keep
| workers connected to their jobs even when they are out of the office.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061220/visto_patent_award.html?.v=4
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