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Small Webcasters put faith in latest bill
News A trio of US federal lawmakers introduced a bill on Friday that would eliminate potentially steep royalty payments for small Internet radio stations, many of which have said the fees would force them to close.
[July 29, 2002, 11:28]
IBM probed for tax evasion
News The inquiry has centred on fluctuations in royalty payments between about 1991 and about 1996, these people said. Churchhouse alleged that IBM's British unit was ordered by the parent company to boost its royalty payments in 1991.
[August 6, 1999, 12:32]
Microsoft royalties may suffer huge reduction
News The software company originally wanted 5.95 percent in royalty payments on software that uses certain Microsoft-patented routines that are sold by the company to its rivals as part of the settlement with the European Commission.
[April 5, 2007, 12:53]
Small Webcasters get fee reprieve
News Small Webcasters won't immediately have to pay new, potentially steep royalty fees due next week, the group responsible for collecting payments said Friday. However, the record industry-backed SoundExchange -- the group tasked with overseeing and...
[October 21, 2002, 8:58]
Nokia faces $232m bill after patent defeat
News It had ruled that Nokia owed InterDigital over $230 million in royalty payments. The case relates to technology used by Nokia in its 2G and 2.5G mobile phones, which InterDigital - which receives most of its revenue from royalty payments - says are...
[December 30, 2005, 10:55]
Microsoft's EU proposal is monstrous, says Samba
News Last week, a lawyer representing the Free Software Foundation said the licence that Microsoft proposed following last year's EU antitrust ruling is not compatible with open source software, as it requires royalty payments for every copy sold and...
[February 4, 2005, 17:05]
Rambus slapped with FTC antitrust suit
News These patents then gave Rambus an unlawful opportunity to obtain royalty payments from Samsung and Toshiba, among others, worth $50m to $100m (£35m to £70m), and to engage in lawsuits, the FTC alleged.
[June 20, 2002, 9:40]
Royalty dispute confuses CD copy-protection
News A dispute over royalty rights on copy-protected CDs and other types of music discs is helping stall the release of some new music technology, and could result in record labels owing tens of millions of dollars in back payments to music publishers.
[January 13, 2004, 11:40]
Microsoft seeks EC clarity on licensing fees
News A monitoring trustee hired by the Commission is recommending royalty payments of zero to one percent for the licences, whereas Microsoft wants to charge 5.95 percent, according to a report in the Financial Times.
[April 24, 2007, 10:30]
No Business Like Show Business With Fast Business Processes and Accurate Information
White Papers A Microsoft Dynamics AX solution combined all the core functions of the company - from generating license terms, contracts, and shipping labels, to royalty payments - into a single system. Founded more than 60 years ago, The Rodgers & Hammerstein...
[June 30, 2008, 0:56]
Government ignores royalty rights for online artists
News The issue of royalty payments for rehearsals screened on the Internet is entering new territory, but the union has stated that it will be seeking payment for actors' work that is used. The UK government plans to place the cream of Britain's arts on...
[January 19, 2001, 11:23]
Rambus' patent warfare
News Infineon Technologies has become the latest target of US-based Rambus, which has been seeking to exact licensing and royalty payments for the manufacture of common PC memory technologies. Rambus has already reached royalty and licensing settlements...
[August 14, 2000, 17:02]
James Bond in online banking gaffe
News It says that the blunder was caused by a Swiss company called SwissPerform, which organises royalty payments to artists. Payments to Roger Moore and other actors and musicians for royalties were inadvertently exposed on a test area for the banks...
[November 10, 2000, 9:33]
Hidden Pitfalls in .Net Open Source?
News Open source critics of Microsoft said the company would have the opportunity to strangle an open source project by demanding a licensing fee and royalty payments each time an open source version of its patent was implemented.
[August 6, 2001, 16:38]
HP's double-edged IP sword
News Value" includes royalty payments to the company and discounts on royalties that it otherwise might pay. Some of the claims come from 'patent trolls' who buy patents on the open market and then use them to extract payments, Joe Beyers, vice...
[November 11, 2005, 14:40]
US govt to reconsider Microsoft patent
News Any monetary compensation could threaten the operating system, which under General Public License (GPL) terms may not be distributed if it contains patented technology that requires royalty payments. Some have worried that Microsoft may claim that...
[June 14, 2004, 8:55]
FTC finds against Rambus in monopoly case
News The FTC alleges Rambus waited for JEDEC to include its technology into the SDRAM and DDR SDRAM standards before it began seeking royalty payments from other companies using those standards. We think our royalty rates are reasonable.
[August 3, 2006, 9:35]
Microsoft loses file-system patent claims
News Any monetary compensation could threaten the operating system, which under GPL terms may not be distributed if it contains patented technology that requires royalty payments. There has been concern that if the FAT patents are upheld, Microsoft may...
[October 6, 2005, 9:05]
Microsoft won't dance with Samba
News Free software organisations cannot sign the Microsoft licence as it requires royalty payments for every copy sold and stipulates that programs which are built using the licensed information are closed source, according to Piano.
[January 28, 2005, 13:20]
How IBM is cashing in
News More important, it would give IBM a way to enforce its patents without chasing down vendors for royalty payments. Dell had been paying tens of millions of dollars annually to IBM as part of a 1993 royalty agreement that expired in late 1998.
[September 21, 1999, 15:52]
