Software Patent News March 2007

What happened in March 2007 concerning software patents and related topics: Latest news linked to dossiers and tutorials provided by FFII and a community of wiki editors.

• 2007-03-31 US 43(B)log: What Ifs? Patents

• 2007-03-30 US ArticleSnatch: Google Files Patent For Targeting In-Game Ads

• 2007-03-29 US PCWorld: Vonage Could Go Bankrupt, Analyst Warns

• 2007-03-29 US The Age: Infringement Fears Haunt Patent Project

• 2007-03-29 US BusinessWeek: Small businesses call for patent reform

• 2007-03-29 US Ann Arbor Business Review: It’s a long, winding road to a software patent

• 2007-03-29 WW PhysOrg: Latest Draft of GPL 3 Comes Under Fire

• 2007-03-29 WW ComputerWorld: GPLv3 third draft: Linus likes it, ACT hates it (-> ACT)

• 2007-03-26 UK The Lawyer: Software augurs hard decisions

• 2007-03-28 US Slashdot: USPTO New Accelerated Review Process

• 2007-03-28 US Metamerist: Knuth to PTO

• 2007-03-27 US Bloomberg: Apple, Dell and Sony Added to Bluetooth Patent Suit

• 2007-03-26 EU TheRegister: Ideas behind computer games can be copied

• 2007-03-26 EU FSFE: UK court says ideas in games can be imitated

• 2007-03-26 US SmartPhoneToday: Palm Granted Stay in Patent Infringement Lawsuit

• 2007-03-26 EU SiliconRepublic: Change to patent tax law urged in light of EU demand

• 2007-03-23 US IPBiz: Coalition for 21st Century Patent Reform

• 2007-03-23 EU SiliconRepublic: EU demands change to Irish patent tax law

• 2007-03-23 US Slashdot: Vonage Barred From Using Verizon VoIP Patents

• 2007-03-23 US Bloomberg: Vonage Internet Calls to Phone Lines Blocked by Judge

• 2007-03-23 US ZDNet: Judge halts patent case against Palm

• 2007-03-23 US AG-IP: Microsoft Announces Broad Patent Agreement

• 2007-03-23 US Mad4mobilephones: Sony Ericsson to route phone calls through your TV

• 2007-03-23 UK ZDNet: European Patent Office scotches appeal for review

• 2007-03-22 US ZDNet: Which GPL Will Be At The Bottom Of The Incline?

• 2007-03-23 US ZDNet: Stallman’s Fight Stalls GPL Version 3

• 2007-03-23 US Slashdot: PTO Rejects Instant Live Patent

• 2007-03-21 UK TimesOnline: Court has no patent jurisdiction

• 2007-03-20 EU Bailli: Research in Motion UK Limited Vs Inpro Licensing S.A.R.L.

• 2007-03-20 EU Ars Technica: ISPs could be forced to police user behavior in Europe (Criminal Measures IP Directive)

• 2007-03-20 EU PCWorld: EU Weighs Copyright Law (Criminal Measures IP Directive) (Slashdot)

• 2007-03-21 EU ThruthAboutTrade: Commentary: The People’s IP Protection

• 2007-03-21 US InformationWeek: A Fix For Microsoft’s Patent FUD?

• 2007-03-21 EU TheLawyer: European Patent Office snubs UK Court of Appeal

• 2007-03-19 EU Out-Law: EPO rejects Court of Appeal request to review software patent law

• 2007-03-21 EU Horns: McCreevy On European Patent Policy: “We Must Strike Now While The Iron Is Hot”

• 2007-03-21 US CRN: ITC to probe Microsoft patent complaint against Alcatel

• 2007-03-20 EU Europa: Speech by Commissioner McCreevy at the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee (JURI)

• 2007-03-20 EU ipred.org: Legal Affairs Committee washes hands in innocence (Criminal Measures IP Directive)

• 2007-03-20 EU Results of JURI vote on IP Criminal Measures Enforcement Directive

• 2007-03-20 UK The Lawyer: Bloomberg failure blow to software patent push

• 2007-03-15 EU EuropeanVoice: McCreevy aims to end 40-year-old patent battle

• 2007-03-06 US LWN: Patent Fights Are a Legacy of MP3’s Tangled Origins (NYTimes)

• 2007-03-16 US The Patent Prospector: Recent settlements

• 2007-03-16 UK IPKat: Pomp – under no circumstance

• 2007-03-07 UK TheRegister: English court cannot hear SanDisk MP3 patent case

• 2007-03-10 UK Afterdawn: English court wont hear SanDisk MP3 patent case

• 2007-03-16 EU Macworld: CEBIT: Companies raided on show floor for patent infringement

• 2007-03-16 US Seekingalpha: Microsoft Gets Boost in Alcatel Patent Battle

• 2007-03-15 EU UKPO: The text of the President of the EPO’s letter to Jacob LJ

• 2007-03-15 US Washington Post: Qualcomm, Broadcom Settle Patent Dispute

• 2007-03-15 US InformationWeek: It’s Not The U.S. Patent And Propaganda Office, Is It?

• 2007-03-15 UK CityWire: Tadpole cash crisis eased by Microsoft deal

• 2007-03-15 EU FFII: Legal Affairs draft report not fit for adoption (IPRED 2)

• 2007-03-14 US Wisconsin Technology Network: “Rocket docket” speeds patent infringement suits

• 2007-03-14 EU Horns: UK Patent Practice On CIIs

• 2007-03-14 EU TheInquirer: Microsoft sued over document patent

• 2007-03-13 CN EETimes: MPEG LA confronts China’s STB makers over patent fees

• 2007-03-13 UK ITWeek: UK courts reject Bloomberg software patent

• 2007-03-13 EU IPKat: MPEG litigation frenzy starts

• 2007-03-13 US Arstechnica: Analysis: Microsoft’s software patent flip-flop

• 2007-03-13 US Bloomberg: Microsoft Verdict, New Congress May Spur U.S. Patent Overhaul

• 2007-03-12 EU Linuxdevices: Microsoft FAT patent fails in Germany

• 2007-03-08 US TechDirt: Microsoft’s Changing Views On Patents; When You’re Young You Need To Innovate; When You’re Old You Need To Litigate

• 2007-03-06 US CNN Money: Are software patents more trouble than they’re worth?

• 2007-03-09 US Slashdot: Vonage Loses VoIP Case With Verizon

• 2007-03-09 EU Digimaj: Software patents and Fiscal “optimisation”

• 2007-03-09 US USAToday: Jury: Vonage violated Verizon patents

• 2007-03-09 US Australian IT: Google Earth survives patent suit

• 2007-03-08 PH AsianJournal: Open source bill hits snag in Congress

• 2007-03-07 US CNet: Perspective: Two cheers for intellectual property law (Brad Smith, Microsoft general council)

• 2007-03-07 US Reuters: Verizon asks jury for $197 mln in patent damages

• 2007-03-07 US International Herald Tribune: Google wins key ruling in patent dispute over Earth software

• 2007-03-07 US WRAL Local Tech Wire: Debating Application of U.S. Patent Laws on Extraterritorial Activities

• 2007-03-08 EU The Guardian: Will the EU ruling against Microsoft have unintended consequences?

• 2007-03-06 EU Businessweek: How MP3 Was Born

• 2007-03-06 EU FFII: Commercial scale definition in IPR Enforcement directive

• 2007-03-05 US New York Times: Patent Fights Are a Legacy of MP3’s Tangled Origins

• 2007-03-05 WW Computer Business Review: Patently obvious, or not

• 2007-03-06 EU Digimaj: USPTO recruiting unpaid examiners

• 2007-03-06 US Techdirt: Another View On The Patent Trolling Situation: Patent Trolls Expose The Weaknesses Of The Patent System

• 2007-03-04 EU Steve Streeting: EC to MS: protocol ‘innovations’ are nonsense

• 2007-03-04 US IPEG: US software patents under legal scrutiny

• 2007-03-05 US News.com: Microsoft wins wordy patent battle

• 2007-03-02 US TheKomisarScoop: Corporate Profits Take an Offshore Vacation

• 2007-03-02 IE Ireland: Google saves millions in taxes thanks to its Irish operation

• 2007-03-01 EU Webpronews: EU Seeks To Rip Off Microsoft Again

• 2007-03-01 EU Betanews: EU Threatens to Fine Microsoft for Lack of Innovation

• 2007-03-01 US IEEE: Hooray for the Patent Troll!

• 2007-03-01 EU ZDNet: EC threatens Microsoft with more fines

• 2007-03-01 EU Digimaj: Microsoft antitrust case smells of software patents

• 2007-03-01 US Slashdot: Microsoft Threatened With Fines By EU Again (mentions patents on protocols)

• 2007-03-01 UK VNUNet: Pure software patents unenforceable in the UK

• 2007-03-01 EU EnterpriseNS: Patently Obvious, or Not

• 2007-03-01 EU Digimaj: Jumping the Shark

• 2007-03-01 EU IPKat: Good Trolls; Bad Business