Two cheers for intellectual property law
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Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith says policymakers and the public risk drawing the wrong lessons from recent patent controversies.
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Japan's Honda wins a copyright case in Beijing, more evidence that China is doing more to protect intellectual property rights.
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A US appeal court has delivered a mixed ruling in a patent dispute between Research in Motion (RIM) and NTP. It upholding a decision that RIM had infringed on patents held by NTP, but cancelled an injunction
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In the wake of a recent landmark Supreme Court ruling, patent reform is bubbling toward a boil on Capitol Hill, where advocates in both parties and both chambers are urging timely action on pending legislation and contending with well-financed interest groups on both sides of the issue.
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Patents that result from collaboration between universities and companies won new protections from legal challenge under legislation that passed Congress over the weekend.
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Corporate attorneys cite a jump in the use of outside law firms after e-discovery regulations went into effect last year.
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The name alone -- Microsoft v. AT&T -- conjures a galactic showdown. And the legal battle over a patent dispute that unfolded in the Supreme Court yesterday brought together elements of an epic.
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perspective Attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains the ramifications of a recent case on the future of open-source software.
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WATERLOO, Ont. (CP) - Research In Motion Ltd. has reported a court victory in a patent-infringement case brought by European licensing company.
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House of Reps. approve smaller fines in copyright spats A new US law which would reduce the damages to be paid out for patent infringement has been passed by one half of the US legislature. The proposed law was backed by large technology firms and banks but opposed by smaller tech companies and drug companies.â¦
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Open source can immediately prompt the words &#39;law suit&#39; in some peoples&#39; minds, but Black Duck have introduced a software platform that helps developers catch and resolve potential intellectual property disputes.
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Sectors of the Internet world are still buzzing over the release of a Microsoft patent application that appears to claim rights to the underlying method proposed by companies to better determine
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Patent cross-licence deal cover all but cutting-edge techs
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The American spirit of inventiveness is stronger than ever, if you look at the number of applications flooding into the United States Patent Office.
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Final draft of GPL 3 doesn't block the Novell-Microsoft patent pact that has raised open-source hackles.
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Peter Saltonstall, who owns Kings Ferry Winery in New York&#39;s Finger Lakes region, left the US Supreme Court yesterday feeling good.
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The biotech mines extra value from its compound library.