Nigerian company Lancor is seeking US$20m from the One Laptop per Child Foundation, alleging patent infringement.
The PC manufacturer says that Microsoft's patent-infringement claims have not affected sales of its Linux servers.
Wireless e-mail vendor Visto has prevailed in a long-running patent infringement suit against rival Seven Networks, prompting a new legal challenge against Research In Motion and potentially strengthening Visto's position in a pending spat with Microsoft.
An internal document written by Sharman Network's chief technology officer has revealed that the peer-to-peer provider's employees "hate" installing the Kazaa software because it has ill-effects on their computers.
Sharman Networks has called former Napster expert witness Justin Tygar to give his testimony during the ongoing trial against the peer to peer software provider for alleged copyright infringement.
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IBM is giving its customers the blues by asking them to assume financial and legal risk with its open-source software--that's after those same customers have already shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars for the code.
Developers wanting to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification will need to brush up on their legal skills.
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Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.
Open Source Risk Management plans on Monday in the US to begin selling Linux users protection against copyright infringement claims such as those levied by the SCO Group.
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Australian-headquartered Sharman Networks released a new version of its Kazaa file-trading software Thursday, adding new features and advertising partners the company hopes will aid in its legal struggle for its life.
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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.
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