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Automated Patent Portfolio Management: From Potential to Profit
White Papers Companies are increasingly under attack by entities with no business model other than earning revenues and profits from patent litigation. At the same time, there has been an explosion of published technological data in patents and in general...
[March 20, 2005, 23:00]
Patents crucial in search battle
News Dominance in Web search may be determined by the scope of a company's patent portfolio, rather than its ability to shuttle people to Internet sites. Behind the scenes, Overture has long sought to protect its growing market dominance, having hired a...
[July 18, 2003, 12:52]
CA leaps on patent bandwagon
News Computer Associates plans to submit a portion of its patent portfolio to open source developers, following moves by other technology companies delving into open source. Linux distributor Red Hat is opposed to software patents in general and allows...
[February 21, 2005, 8:30]
Nanotech merger creates patent powerhouse
News In a deal that will help solidify its patent portfolio while the nanotech industry gains momentum, Carbon Nanotechnologies (CNI) announced on Wednesday that it will merge with C Sixty. C Sixty has asserted that its patent portfolio is fairly broad...
[December 23, 2004, 10:50]
Novell vows to use its patents to defend open-source
News Joining a growing debate over the role of patents in open-source software, Novell on Tuesday said it will use its patent portfolio to defend its open-source line from legal attacks. Novell today is taking an active stand in defence of the software...
[October 13, 2004, 9:20]
Intel funds VoIP company
News Intel has invested an undisclosed amount in Jajah, a voice over IP firm, and will grant the company access to its own patent portfolio. Jajah will also gain access to Intel's VoIP patent portfolio. The voice over IP (VoIP) company said on Wednesday...
[May 10, 2007, 17:08]
Patent campaigners make government breakthrough
Talkback The UKPO understands neither software nor innovation and is sleepwalking into a US style tar pit of companies using patent portfolio's aggressively to cripple smaller or innovative rivals with court battles, and where it is no longer possible to...
[December 15, 2004, 11:32]
Microsoft granted 10,000th patent
News Microsoft, meanwhile, has risen to the top-five among patent recipients and for the past two years has topped a key ranking of overall patent portfolio strength. Microsoft's broader patent portfolio has come in handy in other ways, though...
[February 10, 2009, 13:53]
Regulator asked to revoke Windows patent
News We are concerned that there is a potential for Microsoft to use its patent portfolio to foreclose competition from free and open-source software," Public Patent Foundation founder and executive director Dan Ravicher said in an interview.
[April 19, 2004, 13:00]
Patent company takes on Wi-Fi industry
News Our existing licensing agreements are a strong endorsement of the strength and validity of our valuable patent portfolio. According to Wi-LAN, the company has already signed a licensing deal with the manufacturer Fujitsu for the use of Wi-LAN's...
[November 2, 2007, 9:45]
IBM makes a patent offering to open source
News And Novell, the second-largest Linux seller, has vowed to use its own patent portfolio to deter and counter legal attacks against open source software. In August, the company pledged not to use its patent portfolio to attack Linux, and in October...
[January 11, 2005, 8:15]
How IBM is cashing in
News To reach that pinnacle, IBM is leveraging the industry's broadest patent portfolio -- along with the spectre of enforcing those patents. Patent infringement is always an issue with IBM, given their extensive portfolio," said a Dell executive, who...
[September 21, 1999, 15:52]
Critics pour scorn on Ballmer patent 'FUD'
News Novell provides indemnity protection against legal action for our customers and we are committed to using our own patent portfolio to protect our open source software offerings," Lowry added. Last month Novell chief executive Jack Messman declared...
[November 18, 2004, 16:55]
Microsoft patents 'to-do' list
News While the new patent is specific enough to software development that vacationers penning "what to pack" lists don't have to worry, it fits with Microsoft's ongoing efforts to enlarge its patent portfolio.
[June 9, 2004, 12:05]
Microsoft accelerates public sector offensive
Talkback Microsoft know this, they know their only future revenue is from their patent portfolio and the digital lifestyle sector currently ruled by Apple and Sony etc. This is why awful prducts like windows media center are rearing their heads, microsoft's...
[February 2, 2005, 13:25]
IBM sustains patent dominance
News Other areas where Big Blue bulked up its patent portfolio include: on-demand computing, an effort to make IT resources available as necessary to handle spikes in usage; pervasive computing, which connects handheld computers and other devices to...
[January 12, 2004, 7:35]
Microsoft patents an apple
News The apple claim, however brief, is the first botanical entry in Microsoft's patent portfolio. The company embarked on a campaign late last year to generate more revenue from its patent portfolio, offering to license widely used inventions such as...
[May 5, 2004, 10:25]
Patent nonsense: the case for unfettered development
News Big business and patent portfolio companies, would effectively be able to stifle competition and innovation in the SME sector. The alternative is to build a defensive portfolio of software patents, so that if a big business accuses you of...
[February 18, 2005, 15:45]
Open source gurus issue patent warning
News In recent months, Microsoft has stepped up efforts to expand its patent portfolio. Kapor was alarmist about the situation, predicting that Microsoft will use its patent portfolio to attack open source software.
[February 2, 2005, 8:10]
Group aims to defend Linux from bad patents
News If your company is being victimised by any entity seeking to assert its patent portfolio against Linux, please contact us so that we can aid you in your battle with these dark forces," states the Linux Defenders 911 site.
[February 4, 2009, 17:02]
