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PATH: BS | Legal | Patent-A-Thon Microsoft Settles Infringement Case and "Loses" E-Mail Evidence Posted by Pile (10701 views) [E-Mail link] Microsoft has agreed to pay Burst.com $60M in a settlement over Burst's claim that Microsoft entered into an agreement to learn about Burst's technology, cut them loose, then built the technology into their own media player, in defience of Burst's 37 patents. To add further irony, Microsoft failed to produce subpoena'd e-mail correspondence relevant to the case claiming the information was erased from all workstations, servers and backup files. Yea right. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Apple Sued Over DRM Patent Violation Posted by Pile (8613 views) [E-Mail link] As companies jockey to stake a claim in the next generation media distribution medium, the current market giant Apple is being sued by a Hong Kong company claiming that their technology violates a US patent on digital rights management. What's also interesting about this issue is that the most comprehensive info currently available is from a blog, but it appears this "blog" is basically Ziff-Davis columnists renaming their byline as a blog. Is that a new trend? Maybe more mainstream media will usurp the "blog" moniker? READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Amazon seeks to patent search history, and never delete it. Posted by Pile (8467 views) [E-Mail link] The USPTO has published Amazon.com's patent application for Persistently storing and serving event data, a fancy way of saying Amazon wants to own the process of remembering everything a user searches on. What's even more interesting is that as part of the patent application, Amazon's version of allowing a user to "delete his search history" merely renders the information "undisplayable" but still makes the information available for other (potentially dubious?) uses. Furthermore, Amazon requested the USPTO to not make the application public. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article SCO's Days Are Numbered Posted by Pile (8771 views) [E-Mail link] SCO, the company suing IBM claiming that Linux infringes on their intellectual property, narrowly escaped a summary judgement in what most call a grossly bogus case brought by the ailing software company that is desperate to litigate itself back into solvency. "Despite the vast disparity between SCO's public accusations and its actual evidence - or complete lack thereof - and the resulting temptation to grant IBM's motion, the court has determined that it would be premature to grant summary judgment," Judge Kimball wrote. However, any time now, SCO's song-and-dance will end. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article Eiffel Tower: Copyrighted! Posted by Pile (9144 views) [E-Mail link] The Eiffel Tower's likeness had long since been part of the public domain, when in 2003, it was abruptly repossessed by the city of Paris. That's the year that the SNTE, the company charged with maintaining the tower, adorned it with a distinctive lighting display, copyrighted the design, and now claims ownership of the nighttime image of France's most famous icon. Then again, goofy tactics like this are ancient history to American corporations such as Disney who is almost single-handedly responsible for the crippling of public domain rights. READ MORE | No comments | Comment on this Article 5 Articles displayed.

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