Tag: PATENTS

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 ...

Just recently, it seemed like Palm was utterly doomed. Despite releasing the Palm Pre and the actually-kinda-cool WebOS, Palm's stock was valued at zero, with no white knight in sight to buy up the company. Well, here comes HP to the rescue, with a plan to snatch up Palm -- and more importantly, Palm's patents -- for a massive $1.2 billion. That $1.2 billion isn't just a big number, it's ...

I appreciate the fact that Microsoft is working hard to improve their browser -- there's no denying that Internet Explorer 8 is leaps and bounds better than previous IE versions. IE9? Yeah, I'm excited to see what they have up their sleeve. Thanks to Manan Kakkar's watchful eye, we've got an early look at what Microsoft plans to do to improve user experience in IE9. A recent patent filing ...

The New York Times published an opinion piece by Timothy B. Lee yesterday that compares the current patent conflict between Vonage and Verizon to the software patent landscape of the early 1990's. Back then, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates published a memo to Microsoft's senior management extolling the evils of software patents, claiming that they could lead to a complete stall in technological ...

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/linux_unix/Microsoft_Will_Not_Sue_Linux'; After Microsoft made the claim that Linux infringes on 235 of its patents, some folks became worried that the company might begin suing companies who use OSS. Even individual users have launched a 'Sue Me First' campaign, challenging the company to "put its lawyers where its mouth is" and prove the patent infringement. ...

Last month Vonage officials said they weren't sure they could find a way to continue offering VoIP telephone service without using technology that a jury said infringed on patents held by Verizon. But it seems like things are looking up for the troubled company. During a quarterly earnings call, Vonage CEO Jeffrey Citron said the company would be ready to roll out a workaround for two of the ...

It's not question that the United States patent system has got some issues. So what's the latest proposal by the US Patent and Trademark Office? Recruit the wisdom of the masses. A pilot project launching soon will put patent applications up on the web, allowing visitors to the site to post comments. There'll also be a rating system for comments, pushing the most popular comments to the top of the ...

Google has launched a Patent Search beta project. The new patent search allows users to look up and search the full text of US patents. You can choose to either search by patent number, inventor, filing date, or try your luck in the search box. Patents come from the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and can be viewed as both text and original images which are great to look. Some of these ...