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Should the European Commission formalise the Computer Implemented Inventions Directive, it could seriously affect the development of open source software.
Internet phone company Net2Phone has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against rival Skype Technologies and its parent company, eBay.
Not only have fears of a patent crisis been greatly exaggerated, but the US patent system is functioning quite well, Microsoft's former chief technologist said on Tuesday.
Google has agreed to give Yahoo 2.7 million shares of its stock to settle patent infringement and other legal claims, the companies announced on Monday.
Lawyer Eric Sinrod takes a closer look at claims by RTI on the search giant's use of Internet phone technology.
Free Software Foundation President Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the issue of software patents.
With an increase in patent activity across the globe, we ask if businesses need to be concerned with their intellectual property.
Users who download and store MP3 collections on company equipment and network not only hog bandwidth but also are exposing your network to security breaches and your company to copyright infringement liability.
In Washington and Silicon Valley circles, betting has already begun on who will be the nation's first chief technology officer.
America Online has quietly secured a patent that could shake up the competitive landscape for instant messaging software.
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.
Microsoft's upcoming Palladium architecture for 'Trusted Computing' may secure PCs, but it also threatens to turn people's computers into spies.
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