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RPX Corporation, a new company backed by venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Charles River Ventures, is taking a different approach to buying patents . According to... More >
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider reinstating Virginia's broad anti-spam law , according to The Washington Post . The decision leaves in place a ruling by the Virginia Supreme ... More >
InfoWorld reports that TomTom has agreed to pay Microsoft to license patents for technologies in its car navigation and file-management system, thereby settling the patent infringement case that... More >
vnunet.com reports that Nvidia is stepping up its cross-licensing dispute with Intel. The company has filed a countersuit to prevent the processor giant from accessing its patent portfolio. ... More >
Accolade Systems is accusing Micron Technology and its subsidiary Aptina Imaging of patent infringement, reports InfoWorld . The suit was filed in the United States District Court, Eastern Di... More >
According to InfoWorld , the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says it will review the transparency of its trade negotiations on an intellectual-property trade agreement. Although pro... More >
The Israel-based firm BackWeb Technologies Ltd. has filed suit against Microsoft in San Francisco federal court alleging that key components of Windows Update infringes on several of its patents, r... More >
Switzerland-based Monec Holding is accusing Apple of patent infringement over the e-book capabilities of the iPhone. According to PC Magazine , Monec has filed suit in District Court for Ea... More >
internetnews.com reports that the tech industry is joining Republican senators in opposing the union-backed Employee Free Choice Act . Earlier this week, lawmakers attacked the bill, arguing that i... More >
According to Reuters , the U.S. software industry wants a bigger role in developing policy for warding off attacks on the nation's communications infrastructure. With the private sector own... More >
Judge Marsha Pechman has denied a request for judgement by plaintiff Dianne Kelley in the Microsoft Vista Capable suit. According to InfoWorld , Kelley had asked that the U.S. District Court for t... More >
CNET News reports that TomTom has countersued Microsoft in a patent dispute that began with Microsoft accusing TomTom of infringing on eight of its patents. In a suit filed in the U.S. Dist... More >
InfoWorld reports that Vivek Kundra has been reinstated as federal CIO after it was determined that he has no connection to an alleged bribery scheme. In an e-mail, White House spokesman Nick Shap... More >
According to vnunet.com , the Obama administration has blocked access to the forthcoming Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement copyright treaty, calling it a national security issue. Seeking ... More >
Plaintiffs are trying to get the class-action status of the Vista Capable lawsuit reinstated after a judge nixed the status last month . InfoWorld reports that Microsoft has filed papers as... More >
Not long after being named the federal government's CIO , Vivek Kundra has taken a leave of absence. According to Computworld , the leave is related to the arrests of two men . Officials cl... More >
In the latest in an ongoing saga , a federal judge has dismissed a Broadcom complaint against Qualcomm. Originally filed in October 2008, reports eWEEK , Broadcom accused Qualcomm of getting... More >
The European Commission has granted Microsoft's request to extend the deadline for responding to allegations that it violated antitrust laws by bundling Internet Explorer with Windows. According to... More >
The recent resignation of National Cyber Security Center director Rod Beckstrom highlighted the interagency turf war over which agency should head up the nation's cybersecurity. The Subcommi... More >
University of Tennessee student David Kernell has been officially charged with illegally accessing the Yahoo e-mail account of the Alaska Governor Sarah Palin , reports TopNews Network. Kern... More >
California State Sen. Joe Simitian has written the first bill that would require companies to notify customers when a breach has occurred that exposes their data. According to CNET News , the... More >
The director of the National Cyber Security Center has resigned after less that one year on the job. According to Computerworld , Rod Beckstrom is quitting over concerns that the National S... More >
A plaintiff suing Microsoft over Vista's downgrade rights has revised her complaint to focus her charges on the requirement that users who want to downgrade from Windows Vista to Windows XP have to ... More >
Vivek Kundra officially has been named the federal government's CIO by President Barack Obama, reports NetworkWorld . As CIO, Kundra will have the momentous task of overseeing a $71 billion ... More >
According to vnunet.com , San Diego Republican Joel Anderson, a member of the California assembly, is pushing a bill that would force online mapping companies like Google Earth to blur millions of ... More >
The European Commission says it will no longer monitor Microsoft for compliance with a 2004 antitrust ruling against the software giant, reports ChannelWeb . Neil Barrett had been appointed... More >
A bipartisan group of lawmakers plans to introduce the Patent Reform Act of 2009 in an effort to modernize and streamline the patent process, reports internetnews.com . In the past, such ef... More >
The Justice Department is joining a lawsuit against EMC originally filed by two whistleblowers on behalf of the government in Little Rock, Ark. According to BusinessWeek , the Justice Depart... More >
It's official. President Barack Obama has nominated Julius Genachowski to be the new FCC chairman , reports FierceWireless . Genachowski certainly has the chops. PC Magazine notes that he ... More >
A coalition of health care companies and technology vendors, including Cisco Systems, CVS Caremark Corp., Humana Inc., Johnson & Johnson and UnitedHealth Group Inc., have created a common securit... More >
Psion Teklogix wasn't kidding when it said it would defend its copyright of the term "netbook." According to a GigaOm article in The New York Times, Psion has filed a countersuit agianst In... More >
Buried in President Barack Obama's budget blueprint for 2009 is a one-line proposal for a spectrum license user fee . InfoWorld reports that the user fee would increase from $50 million in 2009 to... More >
New modes of creation, reuse, mixing and mash-ups that have been made possible by digital technologies and the Internet are concerning media executives, according to The New York Times . In t... More >
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