http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/572/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/security/81323/ex-ford-engineer-charged-trade-secret-theft A former product engineer at Ford Motor Co. has been charged with stealing sensitive design documents from the auto maker worth millions of dollars. http://www.itworld.com/security/81323/ex-ford-engineer-charged-trade-secret-theft#comments Business Legal Security News intellectual property Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:00:36 -0400 ITworld staff 81323 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/70147/sweden-aims-high-creation-single-eu-patent-system Sweden took over the rotating six-month presidency of the European Union this week, promising to push hard for an agreement among the 27 member states on the creation of a single E.U.-wide patent. http://www.itworld.com/legal/70147/sweden-aims-high-creation-single-eu-patent-system#comments IT management/strategy Legal News intellectual property Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:03:36 -0400 ITworld staff 70147 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/68971/cheerleader-new-domain-names-defends-icann-plan Plans to introduce new top-level Internet domains will not force trademark owners to make defensive registrations to protect their brands, according to two reports published by ICANN. http://www.itworld.com/internet/68971/cheerleader-new-domain-names-defends-icann-plan#comments Internet Legal News domain name ICANN intellectual property Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:36:49 -0400 ITworld staff 68971 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/government/68941/swedens-pirate-party-sets-sail-brussels The Pirate Party, a party campaigning for online civil rights, has won at least one seat in the European Parliament, after obtaining 7.1 percent of the votes in elections in Sweden. http://www.itworld.com/government/68941/swedens-pirate-party-sets-sail-brussels#comments Government Internet Legal News copyright intellectual property piracy privacy Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:20:07 -0400 ITworld staff 68941 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/68914/5-free-ways-track-online-leaks-information Unfortunately a lot of companies are stumbling across their own intellectual property online by accident and well after it is too late. A best-case scenario for undoing the damage is that the data is quickly removed by the website and is never seen again. The following tools offer free and easy-to-customize Internet monitoring features that allow you to be seconds behind information leaks. http://www.itworld.com/security/68914/5-free-ways-track-online-leaks-information#comments Security Tip data protection intellectual property Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:24:15 -0400 ITworld staff 68914 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/legal/68738/microsoft-sued-over-dynamic-web-page-technology A patent-holding company has sued Microsoft for patent infringement for technology used in dynamic Web pages. http://www.itworld.com/legal/68738/microsoft-sued-over-dynamic-web-page-technology#comments Legal News intellectual property Microsoft patent Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:22:58 -0400 ITworld staff 68738 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/68639/fight-over-open-source-leeches Your ear doesn't have to be pressed to the ground for long to hear angry grumblings in the open source community about leeches, vampires, or freeloaders. But are such "freeloaders" hurting open source -- or helping it? http://www.itworld.com/open-source/68639/fight-over-open-source-leeches#comments Development Open Source Feature intellectual property Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:33:04 -0400 ITworld staff 68639 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/68084/microsoft-linux-foundation-join-forces-software-law-debate In an unusual twist, Microsoft and the Linux Foundation agree on the need for changes in a recommendation about software law. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/68084/microsoft-linux-foundation-join-forces-software-law-debate#comments Legal Open Source News intellectual property Linux Linux Foundation Microsoft Mon, 18 May 2009 16:36:41 -0400 ITworld staff 68084 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/68059/ballmer-meeting-alibaba-ceo-stirs-yahoo-speculation Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer met last week with Jack Ma, the CEO of top Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group, which controls Yahoo's operations in China. The meeting drove speculation in China that they may have discussed a potential Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo. http://www.itworld.com/business/68059/ballmer-meeting-alibaba-ceo-stirs-yahoo-speculation#comments Business Legal News Yahoo Alibaba intellectual property m&a Microsoft Steve Ballmer Mon, 18 May 2009 11:36:35 -0400 ITworld staff 68059 at http://www.itworld.com