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Microsoft's Silverlight in patent trouble
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| Video software developer Gotuit Media has sued Microsoft, claiming that its
| Silverlight multimedia software infringes several of the company's patents.
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| The suit seeks an injunction preventing Microsoft from using this technology
| and asks the court to award damages and legal fees.
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http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=102084
Microsoft's last resort: AntiLinuxWare (preferably on the Web), AntiLinuxLaws,
$18 Windows XP.
Another lawsuit over intellectual monopoly on algorithms:
Oracle, Alcatel-Lucent in patent-infringement fray
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| Oracle is suing Alcatel-Lucent, claiming the massive telecom is in violation
| of a number of Oracle's patents, according to documents filed with the U.S.
| District Court for the Northern District of California.
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| Alcatel-Lucent emphatically denies Oracle's claims and is charging in turn
| that some Oracle software -- including its flagship database -- infringes on
| some of Alcatel-Lucent's patents
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http://www.itbusiness.ca/it/client/en/home/news.asp?id=49048
Recent:
Microsoft to pay Alcatel-Lucent $500M for patents
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| A U.S. District Court judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Microsoft Corp.
| will have to pay Alcatel-Lucent more than $500 million for infringing on two
| patents.
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| One patent covers how software users to fill out forms. The other is related
| to the use of a stylus on a tablet computer.
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http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008009097_apmicrosoftalcatellucent.html
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