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Patent Office Email Bid To Attract Public Comments
News Members of the public will now be able to comment on pending patents by email, rather than needing to contact the patent office by post, the UKPO said this week. The public can comment on anything that could affect whether a pending patent should...
[June 3, 2005, 17:55]
Microsoft Antitrust Debate Heats Up
News Monday marked the end for public comment about the Microsoft antitrust settlement, setting the stage for the final showdown between opponents and supporters of the deal. The period of public comment is part of the process mandated by the Tunney Act...
[January 29, 2002, 8:57]
Will MS Pact Changes Open Floodgates?
News Earlier Wednesday, ahead of filing its public-comment brief, the software giant asked Kollar-Kotelly to dismiss the litigating states' claims. The period of public comment closed one month ago, with the Justice Department saying that comments...
[February 28, 2002, 9:10]
Public Blasts Microsoft Antitrust Settlement
News She basically put them on notice last week that she expects them to take into account the public comment. Sixty days of public comment concluded on 28 January as mandated by the Tunney Act, a Nixon-era law that requires antitrust settlements be in...
[February 8, 2002, 8:45]
Microsoft, DOJ Unveil Settlement Report
News Sixty days of public comment concluded on 28 January as mandated by the Tunney Act, a Nixon-era law that requires antitrust settlements be in the public interest. She basically put them on notice last week that she expects them to take into account...
[February 8, 2002, 6:31]
Judge To Weigh Microsoft's Wish For Delay
News That settlement is finishing a period of 60-day public comment and 30-day public response. A representative for Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, one of the leaders for the nine states, declined to comment, noting the matter was before the judge.
[January 3, 2002, 8:57]
RSA Sues Novell For Patent Violation
News RSA officials would not comment on the suit, other than to confirm that it was filed in U.S. Novell officials in Provo, Utah, said they had not yet seen the lawsuit and could not comment. The Californian, subsidiary of Security Dynamics...
[April 12, 1999, 8:03]
Wiki Site Involves Public In Patent Process
News That project, scheduled for a pilot rollout in January 2007, will allow the public to comment on patent applications and rank one anothers' comments for quality, said Beth Noveck, the law school professor who hatched the idea about a year ago.
[August 29, 2006, 15:00]
Breathalyser Source Code Causes Legal Standoff
News Minnesota Department of Public Safety representatives declined to comment on the case on Tuesday, citing a policy not to comment on pending litigation. CMI representatives did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
[September 7, 2007, 13:51]
US Report: New Law Gives ISPs Copyright Breach Protection
News The new law is currently open for public comment. McClure said that the AOP would push, during the public comment stage, for registration to be streamlined from a paper-driven to an electronic process.
[November 5, 1998, 10:11]
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference Roundup
News Comment Go with Andreas Pfeiffer for the news comment at AnchorDesk UK. Developers size up state of Mac OS X Reactions among attendees of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference keynote speech ranged from anger to cautious optimism as Apple...
[May 16, 2000, 14:37]
Microsoft Hunting For Whistler Pirate
News Microsoft declined to comment on these issues. Microsoft would not comment on the status of the investigation. It is not unusual for software in Microsoft's public beta testing program to show up on the Web, but it is unusual for software that is...
[March 27, 2000, 9:28]
States To Pursue Microsoft Action
News One track will involve public comment as dictated by the Tunney Act, and the other will be continued litigation with the states not agreeing to the settlement. Before Kollar-Kotelly holds a hearing in keeping with that law, there must be a 60-day...
[November 7, 2001, 8:36]
WorldCom Confident MCI Deal Will Go Through
News MCI issued a 31-word statement and declined further comment. BT issued a 15-word statement and declined further comment. We have received the material made public today and are considering the issues it raises," the company said from its London...
[October 2, 1997, 10:50]
Tech Industry Unfazed By Gates's Withdrawal
News Apple Computer, one of Microsoft's most public foes, resisted the temptation to mark Gates' announcement, declining to comment through a representative. On the hardware side, Dell and Hewlett-Packard declined to comment on the historic shift at the...
[June 16, 2006, 9:45]
US Treasury Breaks Privacy Promise
News The US Treasury Department plans to publish nearly 10,000 email addresses on the Web, violating its privacy promise to Americans who used email to comment on a government proceeding. The Treasury Department did not immediately respond to a request...
[January 9, 2004, 8:50]
Sources: Apple Shows Off Dual-G4 Mac
News Apple was not immediately available for comment on its multiprocessor road map. Go with Andreas Pfeiffer for the news comment at AnchorDesk UK. During his Monday keynote speech at WWDC -- which, unlike Tuesday's presentation, was open to the public...
[May 17, 2000, 8:56]
SCO And BayStar Still Fighting
News SCO spokesman Blake Stowell declined to comment beyond the company's statement. BayStar general partner Larry Goldfarb did not return a call seeking comment. According to SCO, BayStar claims that SCO has given inconsistent statements to the public...
[July 26, 2004, 9:10]
When Goliath Manipulated Goliath
Blog Comment One critical comment from CompTIA (the "Initiative for Software Choice") was leaked to the press (presumably by CompTIA - I believe ZDNet carried the story in October). Over the next couple of weeks, we revised our report to address the comments...
[February 2, 2007, 9:08]
Lycos Sports 'for Sale' Sign
News A Terra Lycos representative declined to comment. A spokeswoman for Lehman Brothers did not immediately return calls seeking comment. An acquisition of Lycos, one of the last available premier Internet search and content properties, represents an...
[April 28, 2004, 9:00]
