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Pioneer Goetz rebuts <endeca_term>software patent</endeca_term> critics

Pioneer Goetz rebuts software patent critics

...article on ZDNet UK by Marty Goetz — the man granted the first software patent in 1965 — sparked a robust debate. Here, he expands the case... Read more

17 December, 2011 by Marty Goetz

Microsoft's two-edged sword in the software patent saga

Microsoft has a large advantage in its quest to go after and collect royalties from those that it deems necessary as a... Read more

30 September, 2011
Should software be patentable? That's the wrong question to ask

Should software be patentable? That's the wrong question to ask

...be patentable, argues Marty Goetz — the man who was granted the first software patent in 1965. A New York Times article, A Bull Market In... Read more

29 October, 2011 by Marty Goetz

HTC open to 'fair' Apple patent settlement

...that it is willing to negotiate a settlement with Apple over the software patent-related spat between the two companies, which has seen partial preliminary... Read more

27 July, 2011
Software patents are legalised extortion

Software patents are legalised extortion

...By refusing to kowtow to the US software patent racket, Europe could experience a new golden age of technology, says... Read more

30 October, 2011 by Mike Lee

Microsoft files antitrust complaint against Motorola

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

22 February, 2012

Apple sues Motorola over Qualcomm licensing

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

13 February, 2012

German iPhone, iPad sales temporarily banned

...online store, not its bricks-and-mortar stores, or resellers, according to software patent expert Florian Mueller. However, Apple has since won a temporary suspension... Read more

3 February, 2012

EU opens antitrust probe into Samsung

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

31 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

Apple loses appeal against Dutch Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban

...did not infringe on Apple's designs on Tuesday, Florian Mueller, a software patent expert, said in a blog post on Tuesday. "The rationale underlying... Read more

24 January, 2012

Italian court denies Samsung bid to ban iPhone 4S

...injunctions shouldn't have been ordered in the first place," Florian Mueller, software patent expert, wrote in a blog post on Thursday. As both companies... Read more

6 January, 2012

Boycott against corporate greed

...can as quickly as possible. It seems every couple of weeks, new software patent deals are announced. I know companies need to survive, however there... Read more

25 October, 2011

Dutch court blocks Galaxy phones in parts of Europe

...Samsung's smartphones in a number of European countries, including the UK, software patent campaigner Florian Mueller told ZDNet UK on Wednesday, the same day... Read more

24 August, 2011

Google's real problem: the smartest kids in the room

For a phenomenally successful company, Google makes a lot of mistakes. Google TV, Buzz, Wave, privacy infringements that... Read more

18 August, 2011

HTC brings Apple tussle to UK courts

...it may not have found reciprocity on Apple's side. According to software patent expert Florian Mueller, the new suit demonstrates HTC's "determination to... Read more

2 August, 2011 by David Meyer

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