Linux potentially infringes 283 patents, including 27 held by Microsoft but none that have been validated by court judgments, according to a group that sells insurance to protect those using or selling Linux against intellectual-property litigation.
A German court has delayed handing down a verdict on a US$76 million patent infringement suit brought against European telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom and its network technology partner Siemens.
Despite a commercial future that depends on working with each other, the relationship between intellectual property firm and chipset vendor Qualcomm and handset maker Nokia has been fractious at best during recent years.
Network Appliance alleges Sun Microsystems' ZFS storage software violates seven of its patents, seeks permanent injunction.
Nigerian company Lancor is seeking US$20m from the One Laptop per Child Foundation, alleging patent infringement.
Microsoft's allegations that open source infringed on its patents may never make it to the courts. So why make such a fuss over the claims?
Lawyer Eric Sinrod takes a closer look at claims by RTI on the search giant's use of Internet phone technology.
With an increase in patent activity across the globe, we ask if businesses need to be concerned with their intellectual property.
The federal government has set a tentative date for the release of recommendations for handling intellectual property claims over business processes as the 'Web patent war' escalates in North America.
In this interview Linux's creator, Linus Torvalds, sounds off on the SCO lawsuit, patents and the future of Linux.
Developers wanting to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification will need to brush up on their legal skills.
America Online has quietly secured a patent that could shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging software.
Microsoft told the Web's leading standards body that it's considering making changes to its Internet Explorer browser in light of a recent ruling against the company in a patent infringement lawsuit.
Palm has agreed to license keyboard technology from the maker of the popular BlackBerry wireless devices.
The latest lawsuit against Intel could be worth hundreds of millions of dollars and eventually have an impact on every PC maker that uses Pentium processors.
Apple learnt its lesson when it tried - and failed - to sue Microsoft for copyright infringement of its interface. It has since turned its attention to patents but should not be allowed to succeed here either.
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