Software Patent News July 2006

What happened in July 2006 concerning software patents in Europe and related topics: Latest news linked to dossiers and tutorials provided by FFII and a community of wiki editors.

• 2006-07-31 EU Ag-ip-news: FSF Should Stand Firm on Patents Despite Pressure from Large Corporations – Mueller

• 2006-07-31 EU The Lawyer: IP, IT & telecoms

• 2006-07-31 EU The Lawyer: Nascent patents

• 2006-07-31 US Psfk: Friendster’s bid to patent social networking

• 2006-07-31 US TechRockies: TensorComm Expands Patents

• 2006-07-30 US Signon Sandiego: The battle over 3G technology is creating…

• 2006-07-29 EU TopTechNews: Linux Creator Slams GPL3 License

• 2006-07-28 EU Peer To Patent: Red Hat to Support Community Patent Review Initiative

• 2006-07-28 EU IP::JUR: EU IP Enforcement Directive: More Background Information

• 2006-07-28 EU IP::JUR: Red Hat, Inc., Agreed to Become a Lead Sponsor of and Participant in the Community Patent Review Initiative

• 2006-07-31 EU Florian Mueller’s Blog: GPL 3: FSF should stand firm on patents no matter what HP and other large corporations say

• 2006-07-31 EU ZDNet: Torvalds criticises GPL revisions

• 2006-07-31 EU WhatPC: Torvalds slams ‘religious’ GPL3 open source licence

• 2006-07-31 IN BusinessWire India: Netalter Patent Claims to Offer an Alternative Internet Operating System

• 2006-07-31 KR Bilaterals: A Korea-U.S. trade agreement: what is at stake?

• 2006-07-30 US Ag-ip-news: McAfee Granted Patent for Restricting Network Access by Applications

• 2006-07-30 MY LocalFOSS: Malaysian FOSS and Free Trade Agreements

• 2006-07-29 UK MarketingVOX: Podbridge Gets Patent for New Ads in Old Content

• 2006-07-29 EU IP Watch: A Look At The EPO Project On The Future Of Intellectual Property

• 2006-07-28 EU ZDNet: Controversy over GPLv3 draft reflects the ‘incompatibility’ of DRM with open source

• 2006-07-28 EU Internet.com: HP Not Happy About Patents in GPL 3

• 2006-07-28 EU Newsforge: OSCON day four: Zen and tomatoes

• 2006-07-28 EU InformationWeek: Apple’s Copy Protection Isn’t the Problem

• 2006-07-28 EU IP::JUR: Red Hat, Inc., Agreed to Become a Lead Sponsor of and Participant in the Community Patent Review Initiative

• 2006-07-28 DE PC Welt: Court finds Microsoft infringed AT&T codec patent

• 2006-07-28 DE PC Welt: Office users may need to add software fixes

• 2006-07-28 DE PC Welt: Appeals promised against Microsoft XML patent

• 2006-07-28 DE PC Welt: IP lawyers: Injunction possible in Lucent Xbox suit

• 2006-07-28 DE PC Welt: UPDATE – RIM settles NTP patent fight

• 2006-07-28 WW University of Michigan Law School: Patents and Diversity in Innovation (conference, Sept 29-30, program)

• 2006-07-28 US Linuxworld: Second GPLv3 draft tones down DRM language

• 2006-07-28 US Newsforge: Eben Moglen explains highlights of GPL3 second draft

• 2006-07-28 US Mediainfocenter: Friendster Patent on Linking Web Friends Could Hurt Rivals

• 2006-07-28 US Informationweek: Microsoft Patent Envisions Free Hardware, Software

• 2006-07-27 US FSF: Guide to the new drafts of the GPL and LGPL

• 2006-07-27 US TradingMarkets: Omniture Buys 9 Patents From IBM – Quick Facts

• 2006-07-27 US Devxnews: GPL 3: Making Room on Patents, DRM

• 2006-07-27 US Unmediated: Effects Of Friendster Patent Win Yet to be Seen; Company Weighs Options

• 2006-07-27 US Marketwire: Omniture Expands Patent Portfolio With Purchase of Nine Patents From IBM

• 2006-07-27 US Businesswire: PivX Solutions Files for Patent Protection and Discloses New Inventions

• 2006-07-27 US Gisuser: LandVoyage Awarded Patent for Online Mapping Functions

• 2006-07-27 US Iptv-news: Telchemy Awarded Two New Patents in VoIP and IPTV Performance Management

• 2006-07-27 US Bizjournals: Blackboard wins patent for Internet education technology

• 2006-07-26 US Internetnews: Will All Software Go Open Source?

• 2006-07-26 US Windowsfordevices: Windows Embedded devices gain Java lifecycle management technology

• 2006-07-26 US Linuxdevices: Linux devices gain Java software lifecycle management technology

• 2006-07-26 US Zdnet: AlwaysOn: Open source and patent trolls

• 2006-07-26 US Tradingmarkets: Blackboard Granted Patent On E-Learning Technology – Quick Facts

• 2006-07-26 US Upi: U.S. firm gets aggresive on MP3 patent

• 2006-07-26 US Zdnet: Patent amnesty for Java phone updates

• 2006-07-26 US Itbusiness: Leading Tech Companies Unite to Boost OSGi Technology with Royalty-Free Patent Pledge

• 2006-07-25 US Consumerelectronicsnet: SigmaTel Continues Aggressive Enforcement of Its Global Intellectual Property Strategy

• 2006-07-25 EU EuroOSCON: EU Software Patents Reloaded

• 2006-07-25 US Wpherald: BlackBerry maker refocusing strategy

• 2006-07-25 US Law: Cell Phone Billing Company Reaches $87M Settlement in Patent Case

• 2006-07-25 US Datacollectiononline: Symbol Technologies And Intermec Resolve All Outstanding Intellectual Property Disputes

• 2006-07-25 IN Eetasia: MIT boosts India’s IP rights enforcement

• 2006-07-24 US Businesswire: Migo Software Signs Agreement With TSR Storage; Migo Forms an OEM Partnership With TSR Storage for Hard Disk Drive Products

• 2006-07-24 EU Computerworld: Second draft of GPL 3 due out Tuesday

• 2006-07-23 US BlackEnterprise: Patent Defense: NetMoneyIN is in the Sole Business of Protecting Its Internet Creation

• 2006-07-23 JP Redding: Patent may limit PlayStation fun

• 2006-07-24 US Newsforge: Open-Source Lab Joins IBM, USPTO to Improve Software Patents

• 2006-07-22 EU Patent Baristas: The Future of Patent Policy In Europe? Dissent

• 2006-07-22 EU The Ledger: $87 million deal reached in prepaid cellular technology dispute

• 2006-07-21 US Street Insider: Communications Group (BCGI) Settles Patent Litigation, SEC Starts Informal Inquiry into Company Stock Option Grants

• 2006-07-21 US RCR News: BCGI settles with Freedom for $55.3M

• 2006-07-21 EU EeTimes: Concerns grow over ‘patent trolls’

• 2006-07-21 US The Register: Philips loses right to amend TV menu patent

• 2006-07-21 US Wireless World: PDA makers eye small firms

• 2006-07-19 WW The Arlington Institute: M·CAM CEO Discusses Asymmetric Collateral Damage (about influence of Basel II on patent inflation)

• 2006-07-18 EU Ipwatch: Calls For Stronger European IP System At Commission Hearing

• 2006-07-18 EU IP::JUR: Is EU Community Patent Virtually Dead?

• 2006-07-18 JP Businesswire: Worthplaying: General News Sony Licenses Videoconferencing Technology for PS3

• 2006-07-13 EU EU Reporter: Defining the quality of innovation is key to patent success in Europe

• 2006-07-17 CA Digital-copyright: Microsoft: Too Big for the Law?

• 2006-07-17 EU Heise: EU Parliament calls for better support of Open Source

• 2006-07-17 US Forbes: Mass Engineered Data files patent lawsuit against Dell, CDW, Tech Data, Ergotron

• 2006-07-17 US BusinessWeek: Tech Sector Plagued by Uncertainty

• 2006-07-17 US Yahoo: Tech Firm takes on American Giants over Patent Infringement

• 2006-07-17 US IDM: Open Document Format – Legal, Decent – Honest

• 2006-07-17 US Cellular-news: Another Day, Another Patent Lawsuit

• 2006-07-17 JP Ps3land: New patent woes For Sony

• 2006-07-17 US eWeek: Microsoft Stings the Blues

• 2006-07-15 US The Open Press: LinkTek Wins Patent for Automatic Link Fixing Technology

• 2006-07-14 EU Sys-con: EPLA Threatens Open Source Anti-Patent Advocates

• 2006-07-14 EU IP::JUR: UK: CIPA Favours English-Only Language Regime for European Patents

• 2006-07-14 EU IP::JUR: Reuters: London Agreement Soon to be Ratified by France?

• 2006-07-14 US Cbronline: Open source legal expert gives ODF patent thumbs-up

• 2006-07-15 CA BSM Wireless Files for Protection of Intellectual Property of Their New Trailer Tracking Tether System

• 2006-07-14 US Greg Isaacs: Patent fun

• 2006-07-14 EU LegalWeekStudent: European patent court breakthrough as EC moves to back new plans

• 2006-07-14 EU CBR Online: EU patent policy hearing

• 2006-07-14 CA CNW: BSM Wireless Files for Protection of Intellectual Property of Their New Trailer Tracking Tether System

• 2006-07-14 JP Joystiq: LA Times tackles Sony’s “used games” patent

• 2006-07-13 EU Reuters: France offers hope to ease EU patent stalemate

• 2006-07-13 EU Reuters: TeleCommunication Systems sues two firms for patent violation

• 2006-07-13 EU PR: WiderThan Releases Statement Regarding Patent Infringement Suit

• 2006-07-13 EU Ag-ip-news: EU Commission Pushes for Litigation Agreement – Mueller

• 2006-07-13 EU The Register: EC begins new pan-European patent love-in

• 2006-07-12 EU Technollama: European patent policy under review

• 2006-07-13 EU Gamespot: Sony slapped with another patent suit

• 2006-07-12 EU Commissioner McCreevy: Closing remarks at public hearing on future patent policy

• 2006-07-13 EU Mueller: Day One of New EU Patent War

• 2006-07-13 EU Prnewswire: Software Freedom Law Center Clears OpenDocument Format for Free Software Use

• 2006-07-13 EU Thechannelinsider: Attorneys Approve Oracle’s Patent-Troll Wrangling

• 2006-07-13 EU Content-wire: Learning Code Goes Open Source

• 2006-07-12 EU Marketwire: TCS Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit

• 2006-07-12 EU Vnunet: Vonage goes on VoIP patent shopping spree

• 2006-07-12 EU IP::JUR: EPO Statements on Future Patent Policy in Europe (-> patent hearing)

• 2006-07-12 EU TechWeb: Analysis: Europeans Debate ‘Hopelessly Complex’ Software Patent System (-> patent hearing)

• 2006-07-12 EU The Register: EC hearing all about patents today (-> patent hearing)

• 2006-07-12 EU SFLC/Eben Moglen: OpenDocument Opinion on OASIS patent policy

• 2006-07-12 EU FFII: FFII statement given at EU patent policy hearing

• 2006-07-12 EU FFII: Eva Lichtenberger MEP asks Commission about second closed SME consultation

• 2006-07-11 EU Macnewsworld: Free Software Advocates Gear Up for EU Patent Policy Battle

• 2006-07-11 EU IP Watch: EU IP Enforcement Directive Questioned On Procedure (IPRED2)

• 2006-07-11 EU The Register: Patent litigation treaty renews software patents battle

• 2006-07-11 US PR NewsWire: Narad Receives Key Patents for Switched Ethernet over HFC

• 2006-07-11 EU The Inquirer: Euro software patent spat re-starts

• 2006-07-11 EU Techwhack: Nokia to be probed for possible Qualcomm patent infringements

• 2006-07-11 JP Sun-sentinel: Sony patent stirs worry over next PlayStation

• 2006-07-11 US Eetasia: Cabot acquires CMP slurry patents from IBM

• 2006-07-11 US eeTimes: Cabot buys CMP patents from IBM

• 2006-07-10 EU Extreme Tech: Red Hat Dragged into Patent Scuffle

• 2006-07-10 EU SearchOpenSource: Open source IP case puts spotlight on patents

• 2006-07-10 EU IP::JUR: Another Way to Block the EPLA?

• 2006-07-10 EU Ag-ip-news: New EU Patent Fight to Break Out on July 12 – Mueller

• 2006-07-10 EU Slashdot: Oracle Fights EpicRealm Patents

• 2006-07-10 EU BusinessWeek: Vonage sued over Internet voicemail

• 2006-07-10 EU Euro2day: Nokia being probed by US ITC probe after Qualcomm patent infringement complaint

• 2006-07-10 EU CNet: Have patent, will sue – interview with Acacia’s CEO

• 2006-07-10 EU FFII: EPO dogmatic, short-sighted and power-hungry, says European Commission

• 2006-07-10 EU FFII: Commission Cheats European SMEs in Patent Consultation

• 2006-07-10 EU Slashdot: Oracle Fights EpicRealm Patents

• 2006-07-10 EU Mueller: Manuscript for my speech at the European Commission’s upcoming hearing on the future of the European patent system

• 2006-07-08 US Sfgate: Is Friendster going to be less friendly?

• 2006-07-08 US Bizjournals: DirecTV to pay Finisar extra $25M in patent-infringement suit

• 2006-07-07 US Informatioweek: FireStar Files Patent Suit Against Red Hat

• 2006-07-07 US Moneycentral: Finisar Wins More DirecTV Damages

• 2006-07-05 EU IHT Letters: Intellectual property (by Pieter Hintjens, FFII President; reaction to BSA opinion piece)

• 2006-07-07 EU Techrockies: MX Logic Scores Patent

• 2006-07-07 EU Red Herring: Friendster Wins Patent

• 2006-07-07 US Macdailynews: Apple and beleaguered Creative ‘open’ to settling iPod patent lawsuits

• 2006-07-06 US Ars Technica: Apple and Creative talk settlement as they walk to court

• 2006-07-06 EU PC Advisor: EU patent regime’s future in corporations’ hands

• 2006-07-06 JP Xbox.joystick: Nintendo, a top 10 patent abuser

• 2006-07-06 EU IT News: Oracle picks up fight against Epicrealm patents

• 2006-07-06 EU LinuxWorld: Open-source lobby a voice in EU patent consultations

• 2006-07-06 EU Technology News Daily: Patent License Agreement, Rambus Inc. and Toshiba

• 2006-07-06 EU IP::JUR: FFII Mission Statement Revised: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

• 2006-07-04 EU The Register: IT set to dominate European patents debate

• 2006-07-03 FR Newsfactor: France Approves iTunes DRM Law

• 2006-07-03 EU FFII: Commissioner McCreevy satisfied with patent consultation

• 2006-07-04 EU The Register: IT set to dominate European patents debate

• 2006-07-04 EU FFII: SME associations call on Commission to fix ICT Task Force weaknesses

• 2006-07-04 US Bizjournals: Unica, NetRatings patent dispute settled

• 2006-07-03 US ZDNet UK: Red Hat hit by patent claims

• 2006-07-01 US News.com: Red Hat sued over JBoss technology