Tag: PATENTLAW

Nortel, once one of the biggest telecoms company in the world but now in the death throes of bankruptcy, has selected Google's $900 million bid for its patent portfolio as the stalking horse bid. This doesn't mean that Google will automatically win Nortel's massive array of telecoms patents, but it does mean that Google is the preferred buyer. Google, which has a history of lobbying for patent ...

The news of Microsoft's techslap -- handed down by a San Diego court to the tune of $1.5 Billion dollars in damages as penalty for Mp3 patent infringement -- may have been greeted by cheering Microsoft bashers but, the size and scope of the settlement re-opens the wounds of a US patent system gone horribly wrong. The case in question dates back to 2003, and its settlement cost could have been ...