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Open source advocates slam Microsoft's defensive shotgun salvo over patents By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld (US online) OpenOffice.org Monday called Microsoft Corp.'s assertion that its open-source application suite violates 45 of its patents "a desperate act." "It's just hard to put...

Microsoft says Linux violates 235 patents Microsoft claims that free software like Linux, which runs a big chunk of corporate America, violates 235 of its patents. Free software is great, and corporate America loves it. It's often high-quality stuff that can be downloaded free off the...

Microsoft threatening Linux using corporations secretly! Microsoft Getting Paid for Patents in Linux? *www.itworldcanada.com/a/Daily-News/c11627ed-d99b-49d2-983d-d22856181888.html *linux.slashdot.org/linux/07/02/11/1443211.shtml FUDing the competitiors out of the...

The service covers 7 million patents granted by the USPTO since the 1790s, but at the moment does not include patents filed over the last few months. *informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196604305

it's over patent infringement To further today's news of patent infringements, IBM is now suing Amazon over patents that IBM developed during the 1980's. IBM noted that the patents cover a range of technologies used for creating catalogues online and for methods of online ordering. Obviously...

Apple is quite fond of filing for patents, especially those that surround its widely used iPods. But who can blame Apple for doing so? Any creative or unique idea could very well turn out to be a big revenue generator for Apple, considering that iPod and music sales make up a huge portion of...

source: *www.forbes.com/home/enterprisetech/2006/03/22/ballmer-microsoft-linux-cz_df_0322microsoft.html Now double clicking the mouse is also a patent eh?hmm...M$ is poison

Hi Guys I dont know how many of you need to serach for the patents from around the world patents Database. Most common database allow free download of patents from their site/ www.uspto.gov (United State Patents) www.ep.espace.net (World and Europe patents) and many other site...

The Public Patent Foundation is questioning how Sun Microsystems Inc. is granting the open-source software community rights to more than 1,600 of its patents. PUBPAT's executive director, Dan Ravicher, wrote in an open letter Friday to Sun's chairman and CEO, Scott McNealy, that there are...