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Microsoft, Google join forces to challenge GeoTag patent

...competition in various fields from a common interest in curbing trollish behaviour," Florian Mueller, founder of the NoSoftwarePatents campaign, said in a blog post. We... Read more

3 March, 2011 by Ben Woods

Oracle sues Google over Android's use of Java

...making Google's use of them legal, founder of the NoSoftwarePatents campaign Florian Mueller noted in a blog post on Friday. "Even if some Android... Read more

13 August, 2010 by David Meyer

Motorola fails to win Microsoft push email ban

...fix" prepared to work around any patent enforcement. According to patent expert Florian Mueller, who has been sitting in on the hearings, Voss said he... Read more

11 May, 2012

Nokia files suits against HTC, RIM and ViewSonic

...suits against HTC and ViewSonic in the Federal District Court of Delaware. Florian Mueller of the FOSS Patents blog published a list of the patents... Read more

2 May, 2012

Microsoft shuns Germany over patent court fears

...win injunctions is not an advisable place for a European distribution operation. – Florian Mueller In its suit, Motorola is looking for $4bn (£2.5bn) in... Read more

3 April, 2012 by David Meyer

Microsoft puts up $300m in Motorola injunction battle

...allowing the software company's products to remain available. FOSS Patents's Florian Mueller was first to report on this story.The issue is a... Read more

30 March, 2012 by Don Reisinger

Apple vs Nokia in fight to set nano-SIM standard (updated)

...a proprietary SIM standard may be wide of the mark. Patent tracker Florian Mueller has claimed today that, according to an unnamed but "perfectly reliable... Read more

26 March, 2012

Microsoft files antitrust complaint against Motorola

...s Mobility's (MMI) patent licensing agreements, according to software patent expert Florian Mueller. "With two industry leaders complaining about MMI's alleged abuse of... Read more

22 February, 2012

Apple beats Motorola in slide-to-unlock patent case

...or future sales," a Motorola spokeswoman was quoted as saying. Patent observer Florian Mueller said Motorola could certainly keep selling its phones, but Apple had... Read more

17 February, 2012

Apple sues Motorola over Qualcomm licensing

...to Apple, effective 10 February, 2011," the filing notes. Software patent expert Florian Mueller said on Saturday that it was an issue that could have... Read more

13 February, 2012

Apple applies for US ban on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus

...smartphone in the US. Image credit: Aloysius Low/CNET Asia According to Florian Mueller at Foss Patents, Apple brought a motion for a preliminary injunction... Read more

13 February, 2012 by Edward Moyer

Google defends stance on FRAND patent terms

...line with the "reasonable" element of the FRAND principles. As patent observer Florian Mueller has noted on his FOSS Patents blog, 2.25 percent of... Read more

10 February, 2012

German iPhone, iPad sales temporarily banned

...its bricks-and-mortar stores, or resellers, according to software patent expert Florian Mueller. However, Apple has since won a temporary suspension of the ban... Read more

3 February, 2012

EU opens antitrust probe into Samsung

...commitments and EU competition law have been breached." However, software patent expert Florian Mueller considers full-blown proceedings a potential bad omen for Samsung. "It... Read more

31 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

Samsung denied German 3G patent claim against Apple

...state a specific reason at the ruling, according to software patents expert, Florian Mueller. The same court also rejected another 3G-related patent claim from... Read more

27 January, 2012

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