http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/181/all xx http://www.itworld.com/hardware/82013/nokia-sues-apple-over-iphone-free-ride Nokia has sued Apple in federal court, charging that the iPhone infringes on 10 patents owned by the Finnish mobile-phone maker. http://www.itworld.com/hardware/82013/nokia-sues-apple-over-iphone-free-ride#comments Legal Mobile & wireless News intellectual property iPhone Nokia patents Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:00:37 -0400 ITworld staff 82013 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/80046/eolas-files-patent-lawsuit-against-23-companies Technology research company Eolas Technolgies, which won a US$520.6 million patent infringement case against Microsoft in 2003, has filed a new patent lawsuit against 22 companies including Adobe Systems, Google, Yahoo, Apple, eBay and Amazon.com. http://www.itworld.com/legal/80046/eolas-files-patent-lawsuit-against-23-companies#comments Legal News Eolas Technologies patents Tue, 06 Oct 2009 14:14:32 -0400 ITworld staff 80046 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/79590/red-hat-files-brief-supreme-court-patent-case In case involving business methods, Red Hat argues that software patents should not be patentable. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/79590/red-hat-files-brief-supreme-court-patent-case#comments Legal Open Source News patents Red Hat Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:30:39 -0400 ITworld staff 79590 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/79493/jurys-verdict-tossed-388m-win-microsoft A U.S. District Judge gave Microsoft a break Tuesday, essentially ruling that the jury that heard a patent infringement case against it was clueless. He then overturned its record $388 million verdict against the company. http://www.itworld.com/windows/79493/jurys-verdict-tossed-388m-win-microsoft#comments Legal Windows Opinion Microsoft patents Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:50:40 -0400 ITworld staff 79493 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/78646/microsoft-i4i-square-appeals-hearing-over-word A federal appeals court today heard arguments in a patent infringement case involving Word that required Microsoft to pay nearly $300 million in damages and barred the company from selling the software starting Oct. 10. http://www.itworld.com/software/78646/microsoft-i4i-square-appeals-hearing-over-word#comments Legal Software News i4i Microsoft Microsoft Word patents Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:40:53 -0400 ITworld staff 78646 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/77720/microsoft-word-legal-foe-paints-cockeyed-tale Microsoft Corp. called the claim by Canadian developer i4i Inc. that it plotted to drive the company out of business "distorted," and "a breathless tale" that was not supported by the evidence, according to a court documents. http://www.itworld.com/software/77720/microsoft-word-legal-foe-paints-cockeyed-tale#comments Legal Software News i4i Microsoft Microsoft Word patents Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:10:27 -0400 ITworld staff 77720 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/77537/microsoft-betrayed-i4i-say-court-documents Microsoft marketed i4i's XML software to potential customers even as it planned to drive the small Toronto company out of business by infringing its patent, according to documents i4i filed with an appeals court. http://www.itworld.com/government/77537/microsoft-betrayed-i4i-say-court-documents#comments Legal Software News i4i Microsoft Microsoft Word patents XML Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:03:00 -0400 ITworld staff 77537 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/77448/slideshow-worlds-weirdest-portable-computers For more than a quarter-century now, inventors have been trying to improve upon the clamshell-style laptop computer case, with folding screens, screens on stalks, folding keyboards, two-screen clamshells, tri-fold clamshells, and more. Most never even get off the drawing board. Herewith, a gallery of designs from Google Patents. Are there any you would consider buying? http://www.itworld.com/offbeat/77448/slideshow-worlds-weirdest-portable-computers#comments Offbeat Feature laptop patents slideshow Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:13:33 -0400 ITworld staff 77448 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/windows/77108/microsoft-stabbed-i4i-back-word-developer-claims Microsoft marketed Canadian developer i4i's XML software to potential customers even as it planned to drive the small firm out of business by infringing its patent, according to court documents filed with an appeals court. http://www.itworld.com/windows/77108/microsoft-stabbed-i4i-back-word-developer-claims#comments Development Legal Software News i4i Microsoft Microsoft Word patents XML Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:31:30 -0400 ITworld staff 77108 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/66403/uspto-ruling-favors-microsoft-alcatel-lucent-appeal The USPTO has paved the way for a reversal of a US$358 penalty against Microsoft in the Alcatel-Lucent case. http://www.itworld.com/legal/66403/uspto-ruling-favors-microsoft-alcatel-lucent-appeal#comments Legal News Alcatel-Lucent Microsoft patents Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:10:22 -0400 ITworld staff 66403 at http://www.itworld.com