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Sony's digital cameras 'infringe patents' - Kodak
News Camera maker Eastman Kodak has launched a federal lawsuit against Sony, saying its rival's digital cameras and camcorders infringe on Kodak patents. The suit alleges that various Sony products infringe on 10 Kodak technology patents that were...
[March 10, 2004, 8:45]
Kazaa loses court battle
News An Australian court on Monday ruled makers of peer-to-peer software Kazaa had authorised users to infringe on music copyrights and directed them to modify the application to reduce the practice. The more realistic claim is that the respondents...
[September 5, 2005, 15:55]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
Talkback When you register a domain, you are told that if you infringe (even the slightest) on a trademark your domain may be removed. The courts have long held that names which SOUND like a registered name infringe on the owner.
[January 19, 2004, 16:11]
3Com denies Huawei patent risks
News 3Com will not sell any products that infringe Cisco patents through its joint venture with Chinese manufacturer Huawei. No products in the joint venture, or sold by 3Com, will infringe any patents. However, a spokesman said that Huawei's current...
[March 24, 2003, 9:26]
RIM sues Handspring and Good
News Research In Motion said late Wednesday that it has filed suit against Handspring, alleging that the company's Treo organisers infringe on a RIM patent. The complaint, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, charges...
[September 20, 2002, 7:54]
Five years ago: Intel heads for courtroom double date
News Yesterday, Intel issued a statement relating to the Digital lawsuit, stating: "[Intel] does not believe any of its products infringe on patents asserted by [Digital] . Today, an Intel UK spokeswoman responded to Cyrix's lawsuit, also relating to...
[May 11, 2002, 7:01]
IBM asks court to say no to SCO claims
News IBM has asked the court presiding over its Linux dispute with the SCO Group to issue a prompt ruling that Big Blue did not infringe on SCO's copyrights. Despite the fact that SCO has been claiming for months that IBM's Linux activities infringe SCO...
[May 21, 2004, 8:50]
Qualcomm 3G phone ban to take effect
News Qualcomm is running out of options as a trade ban goes into effect that will prohibit the import into the US of any 3G handset using Qualcomm chips that have been found to infringe on patents owned by rival Broadcom.
[August 7, 2007, 10:52]
Intel heads for courtroom double date
News Yesterday, Intel issued a statement relating to the Digital lawsuit, stating: "[Intel] does not believe any of its products infringe on patents asserted by [Digital] . Today, an Intel UK spokeswoman responded to Cyrix's lawsuit, also relating to...
[May 15, 1997, 11:41]
One Year Ago: Intel heads for courtroom double date
News Yesterday, Intel issued a statement relating to the Digital lawsuit, stating: "[Intel] does not believe any of its products infringe on patents asserted by [Digital] . Today, an Intel UK spokeswoman responded to Cyrix's lawsuit, also relating to...
[May 15, 1998, 6:00]
Small firm claims CD-burning infringes patent
News Optima Technology filed the suit in US District Court for the Central District of California, claiming that several Roxio products infringe on Optima's patent for a "recordable CD-ROM accessing system.
[December 16, 2003, 9:20]
Hearing scheduled for Word injunction appeal
News A US district court judge last week issued an injunction that would halt sales of any version of Word that includes a custom XML function that was found by a jury to infringe on a patent from Canada's i4i.
[August 21, 2009, 16:10]
Via and Intel renew chipset wars
News Intel processors and the Intel Pentium 4 processor compatible 845 chipset infringe Via's patents," commented Richard Brown, Via's director of marketing, in a statement. The lawsuit alleges that Via's P4X266 and P4M266 chipsets, which were released...
[September 10, 2001, 14:48]
Fancy a $10m open source insurance policy?
News The policy could, in some cases, cover the cost of repairing code that was found to infringe on open source licences such as the GPL. In particular, companies may infringe on copyright laws when distributing their own software-which could include...
[November 1, 2005, 9:45]
Microsoft asks court to halt Word injunction
News Microsoft said that it is trying to remove the functionality found to infringe on i4i's patents, but unless it can do so, it would be forced to stop distributing Word in the US market. As we've maintained throughout this process, we believe the...
[August 19, 2009, 8:40]
Chip pioneer caught up in Bluetooth patent case
News According to the foundation, the three mobile-phone manufacturers infringe its patent because they use Bluetooth chips manufactured by CSR, which has not bought a licence from the foundation. The foundation has asked the court to bar sales of chips...
[January 3, 2007, 12:08]
FSF recommends express patent licences
News While most concerns about using free and open-source software in the post-SCO era have orbited around the notion of inadvertent patent infringement, yesterday solicitors raised concerns that open source licensors might grant rights to infringe on...
[November 5, 2004, 10:08]
Nokia and Qualcomm's fractious past
News June 2006: Qualcomm says Nokia is engaging in unfair trade practices by importing and selling phones which it alleges infringe six of its GSM patents and asks the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban Nokia from importing the devices to...
[October 2, 2007, 9:44]
US Report: Xerox files suit against HP
News We certainly respect HP as a competitor in the marketplace, but we can't allow them to infringe the technology we developed and marketed. Though Xerox contends that only the inkjet cartridges infringe on its patents, the printers and copiers are...
[May 15, 1998, 9:18]
Start-up claims network injunction against Longhorn
News We were forced to sue Microsoft to stop them from continuing to infringe, and inducing others to infringe, on our intellectual property rights. A small Californian company says it has been granted a preliminary injunction preventing Microsoft from...
[April 14, 2005, 9:00]
