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The end of Groklaw

...the High Excuser for copyright theft herself, Pamela Jones, is closing down Groklaw. No, I don't mean it. Pamela Jones — PJ — has been running... Read more

11 April, 2011

USPTO throws out 17 of Oracle patent's claims

...Oracle's claims asserted in the patent citing prior art, according to Groklaw on Wednesday. Google has a number of other re-examination requests outstanding... Read more

23 June, 2011

Google: Oracle altered Java Android code evidence

...company-strong Open Handset Alliance "without the knowledge of Google". In a Groklaw blogpost about Google's multiple new defences — which also include a de... Read more

15 November, 2010 by David Meyer

Google accuses Oracle of bad faith in Android Java suit

...code is available for anyone to see. Pamela Jones, author of the Groklaw intellectual property blog, wrote in a blog post on Tuesday that, unless... Read more

6 October, 2010 by David Meyer

Compliance scheme aims to dispel open-source concerns

...inexpensive and wholly effective." Open-source advocate Pamela Jones wrote on her Groklaw legal blog that the scheme seemed designed to help businesses easily and... Read more

12 August, 2010 by David Meyer

A Tidbit (a tasty morsel of gossip)

...www.infoflows.com/News/News/InfoflowsNews07192010/tabid/134/Default.aspx or www.groklaw.net. Corbis will, of course, appeal Read more

21 July, 2010

Groklaw's high definition on software patents

...an invention must create if it is to be patentable. Over at Groklaw, the SCO-watching site that is gently expanding into a general talking... Read more

2 June, 2005 by Rupert Goodwins

SCO sees a little sense

...for three years. Scoinfo.com was conceived as a platform to counterbalance Groklaw.net, which has been a thorn in SCO's side since the... Read more

3 November, 2004 by Leader

Details emerge of 'shocking' OOXML meeting

...a Brazilian delegate providing a "shocking tale", according to IT law site Groklaw's detailed post. The site links to the original meeting notes, and... Read more

28 March, 2008 by Peter Judge

Brazil says 'no' to Office Open XML

The Brazilian Technical Standards Organization has voted against Microsoft's OOXML ISO certification Read more

24 August, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Linspire Linux deal 'worse than Novell'

...and Novell, according to legal expert Pamela Jones. Jones, author of the Groklaw blog, wrote on Sunday that the Linspire deal requires users to give... Read more

23 July, 2007 by David Meyer

HP and MIT team up on open-source archiving

...for them," Pamela Jones, an open-source expert and editor of the Groklaw blog, wrote recently. But the National Archives claims that it is not... Read more

18 July, 2007 by Andrew Donoghue

SCO announces plans for new legal Web site

...relating to Unix and Linux, as part of an effort to counterbalance Groklaw.net -- which was set up to poke holes in the company's... Read more

14 October, 2004 by Stephen Shankland

Kodak wins Java patent case

...of modern computing: the interaction between different programs. Pamela Jones, who runs Groklaw -- a Web site devoted to legal issues in the technology sector -- has... Read more

4 October, 2004 by Graeme Wearden

Who Shot Darl McBride?

...pronouncement from Darl and his henchmen has spawned a new thread in Groklaw and hundreds of nit-picking replies. Each statement provokes a scurry back... Read more

22 April, 2004 by Rupert Goodwins

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