Microsoft Claim: Freeware and Open-Source Software Violates Hundreds of its Patents

May 15, 2007

In an interview with Fortune Magazine, Microsoft lawyer Brad Smith alleged that the Linux kernel violates 42 Microsoft patents, while its user-interface and other elements infringe a further 65 patents. OpenOffice.org is accused of Read the rest of this entry »


Could free Cross-Licensing between telecommunication giants become a thing of the past?

April 24, 2007

Telecommunication is somewhere in the middle ground between the pharmaceutical industry where every patent infringement gets challenged in the courts, and the software industry, where patents are rarely enforced. Read the rest of this entry »


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