Tag: Patent
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NeoG 2 years 8 months ago
Recall just last week when Microsoft was ordered to shell out $1.5 Billion to Alcatel-Lucent for including mp3 technology in Windows? Well, after heading back to the courts, a Judge has completely dismissed all the claims against Microsoft. This means that, barring a successful appeal, Alctatel won't be receiving a dime.
This could mean good things for the mp3 format, which seems to be contested every few years at one point or another. Alcatel, of course, plans to appeal:
Alcatel-Lucent plans to appeal the ruling and is "comfortable with...
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Technology industry executives are pushing the U.S. Congress to reform the way patents are issued in order to process them more quickly while also making sure they are legitimate.
Patent reform was one of the major issues discussed at the Tech Policy Summit Monday in San Jose, California. Patent reform legislation considered, but not passed, in Congress last year is expected to be reintroduced. Among the key provisions sought is the hiring of more patent review specialists by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, which one critic at the...
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Microsoft must pay $1.5 billion in damages to telecommunications equipment maker Alcatel-Lucent SA for violating two patents related to digital music, a federal jury ruled Thursday.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software company said the patents in question govern the conversion of audio into the digital MP3 file format on personal computers.
In 2003, Lucent Technologies Inc., which last year was acquired by Alcatel, filed 15 patent claims against Gateway Inc. and Dell Inc. In April 2003, Microsoft added itself to the list of defendants,...
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Cnet/ZDNet posted a story about Community Patent Review entitled "Wiki Site Aims to Boost Patent Review Process." This follows on the Fortune article entitled "Patent Review Goes Wiki". NYLS Prof. Beth Noveck clarifies why the program is not Wiki-based, yet conveys the appropriate sense of openness, transparency and collaboration.
"Community Patent Review is not a wiki. Rather, this is a software system for open peer review. We are collaboratively building a knowledge environment about patents. We will not edit patent applications but...
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