What happened in November 2006 concerning software patents and related topics: Latest news linked to dossiers and tutorials provided by FFII and a community of wiki editors.
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2006-11-30 US NewsForge: Software Freedom Law Center to challenge Blackboard patent
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2006-11-30 US Information Week: Center Seeks To Overturn E-Learning Patent
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2006-11-30 US News.com: Open-source group wants educational patent reversed
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2006-11-29 US ZDNet: Patent reform needs to go further
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2006-11-29 EU Pingwales: EC report on software patents ignores small IT firms
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2006-11-29 EU ZDnet Opinion: Small doesn’t mean insignificant
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2006-11-29 EU PC Pro: Big businesses boast of patent benefits, for small businesses
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2006-11-29 US SCOTUSBlog: Analysis: Patent law made for tinkerers? (hearing transcript)
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2006-11-29 EU TechWorld: EC report ‘a mockery’ say anti-patent protestors
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2006-11-29 EU ZDnet: FFII slams EC taskforce over software patents
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2006-11-29 EU [ffii:press:Press_releases/Patent_industry_writes_ICT_task_force_report_%22on_behalf_of_SMEs%22|FFII: Patent industry writes ICT task force report “on behalf of SMEs”]]
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2006-11-29 US FT: Supreme Court writes rules to restrict poor quality patents
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2006-11-29 US Herald Tribune: In patent case, ‘obvious’ meaning is not apparent
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2006-11-28 US Globe and Mail: RIM patent case a ‘lightning rod’ in rethinking system
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2006-11-28 EU Patents out, business conflicts still criminalised (-> IPRED2)
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2006-11-29 EU Europa: More interoperability needed to boost the European ICT industry’s competitiveness
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2006-11-29 CH WIPO Colloquium: Standards and Patents
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2006-11-28 US Business Week: VoIP Patents: Innovation — and Lawsuits
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2006-11-28 UK FT: Doubt cast on ‘quick and easy’ patents (A survey says no to utility-model patents)
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2006-11-27 US Silicon.com/Business Week: Alcatel Sues Microsoft Over Patent Claims
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2006-11-27 KR AFX/Tech News World: Microsoft Loses Patent Suit in South Korea
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2006-11-27 KR IT Wire: Microsoft’s Korea troubles with a patent lawsuit
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2006-11-27 KR The Register: Korean court rebuffs Microsoft in patents case
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2006-11-27 US New York Times: Supreme Court to examine ‘obviousness’ of patents
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2006-11-27 US FT Editorial: Litigation taxes
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2006-11-27 US Newsforge: Software patent conference outlines problems, possible solutions (MIT/Boston U)
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2006-09-22 EU Max Planck Institute: Statement on Directive on Criminal Measures Aimed at Ensuring the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRED 2)
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2006-11-26 IN Harish Palaniappan: Software Patents, Digital Rights Management, One-CPU licenses…truck load of Digital nonsense?
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2006-11-26 US Slashdot: SCOTUS Set To Examine Combinatory Patents
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2006-11-26 US Washington Post: Businesses Split on Patent Case
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2006-11-24 US Post-Gazette: Fannie Mae to allow lenders free use of software patent
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2006-11-26 US Slashdot: So What If Linux Infringes On Microsoft IP?
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2006-11-22 US Slashdot: LSI Patents the Doubly-Linked List
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2006-11-22 WW IAM: Why it’s time to speak the right language
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2006-11-22 WW Infoworld: Mark Webbink on Microsoft and appeasement
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2006-11-22 EU Techno: Slides of the STOA Workshop on Policy options for the European patent system
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2006-11-22 US Techp: Protest the Microsoft-Novell Patent Agreement
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2006-11-22 US Technocrat: Open Letter to Novell
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2006-11-21 WW ZDNet Opinion: Painting over the patent earthquake
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2006-11-21 US Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Alcatel sues Microsoft over 7 patents
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2006-11-22 EU Digital Majority: GRUR: how to guide European Court of Justice to SW-Pats
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2006-11-20 US News.com: Wi-Fi standards face patent threat
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2006-11-21 EU HebertSmith: Exclusions from patentability – The Court of Appeal sets a four stage test
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2006-11-20 EU Commission: Charlie McCreevy speaks to the European Parliament JURI Committee
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2006-11-20 US P. Brooks’ Patent Infringement Updates: The Patent System: Victims and Victors
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2006-11-20 EU TLC: Amsterdam Conference: IP, Software Patents and Copyright Law: Avoiding the Legal Pitfalls of Open Source
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2006-11-20 EU Auctionbytes: eBay Patent War: Patents, Lies and Videotape
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2006-11-20 UK FFII UK: Analysis of the Court of Appeal’s Decision in Macrossan and Aerotel
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2006-11-17 US BusinessWire: Sonic Solutions Files Patent Infringement Complaint Against Nero AG and Nero Inc.
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2006-11-17 US PcPro: Sonic burns Nero with multimedia patent dispute
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2006-11-17 ZA Fin24: Novell’s pact with the devil…
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2006-11-16 EU VNUNet: Roxio slaps Nero with patent lawsuit
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2006-11-16 EU Slashdot: Ballmer Says Linux “Infringes Our Intellectual Property”
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2006-11-16 EU RegDeveloper: FFII face-to-face to solve patent problems
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2006-11-16 EU PCAdvisor: MS CEO Ballmer claims IP infringement
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2006-11-16 EU Horns: On Average a Patent in EU-8 Countries is Worth About 3 Million Euros
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2006-11-17 US Nwsource: Ballmer on Novell, Linux and patents
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2006-11-16 EU International Journal of Law and Information Technology: Software Patents – Boon or Bane for Europe?
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2006-11-08 JP JapanTimes: Japan, U.S., Europe to jointly devise mutual patent exam approval system (Washington plans to concede to Japan and Europe to conclude a treaty harmonizing their patent systems)
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2006-11-08 EU CBROnline: Microsoft admits open source patent pledge misses the target
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2006-11-08 EU Legalweek: Leading IP judges finalise blueprint for creation of unified European Patent Court (Commission will announce its position on the 22 november)
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2006-11-15 EU UEAPME: More policy efforts needed on European patent system, say SMEs
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2006-11-14 EU Patenting Lives Blog: The Criminal Enforcement Directive – A Trojan Horse? (UK workshop report)
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2006-11-14 EU TechWorld: FFII reopens software patent debate
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2006-11-14 EU FFII: FFII announces the European Patent Conference: “Towards a New European Patent System”
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2006-11-11 EU Technocrat: European Patent Wars Heat up Again
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2006-11-13 EU SiliconRepublic: Vanhanen calls for rethink on EU innovation policy
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2006-11-12 US Samba: Samba Team Asks Novell to Reconsider
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2006-11-10 US NetworkWorld: Software patent ignites firestorm in higher education
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2006-11-10 UK ZDNet/Matt Loney: Lord Sainsbury steps down, won’t be missed
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2006-11-10 EU Euractiv: Gates calls for progress on community patent
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2006-11-05 EU Iacta alea est: European Court of Justice crosses the Rubicon (C-176/03, legal basis for IPRED2)
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2006-11-09 US LatestPatents: Microsoft patents granted on 07 November 2006
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2006-11-09 US Groklaw: SFLC’s Bradley M. Kuhn’s Letter to the FOSS Development Community Regarding Microsoft’s Patent Promise
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2006-11-10 US BusinessReviewOnline: Microsoft’s developer patent pledge “worse than useless” says SFLC
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2006-11-10 US Slashdot: Eben Moglen To Scrutinize Novell-Microsoft Deal
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2006-11-10 SA MyBroadband: Novell outlines details of agreement with Microsoft
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2006-11-09 US Serverwatch: Ubuntu, Sun Get Cozier
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2006-11-10 EU The Yomiuri Shimbum: Japan, U.S., Europe eye patent accord
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2006-11-10 EU Slashdot: NTP Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine
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2006-11-10 EU BlogHerald: Fine — But, Can I Patent “Cynical?”
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2006-11-09 JP Reuters: Qualcomm says regulators may probe Japan business
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2006-11-10 EU ZDNet: Why Microsoft won’t assault Linux
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2006-11-10 EU LinuxWorld: NTP, Eolas, now IBM?
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2006-11-10 EU ZDnetAsia: Siemens mocked for mobile data patent
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2006-11-09 UK TheLawyer: Landmark patent case goes to the Lords
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2006-11-09 EU Deseretnews: Gates hails the survival of Vista
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2006-11-09 UK Out Law: Software patent rulings become Patent Office benchmark
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2006-11-08 US Technocrat.net: IEEE Spectrum ranks the world’s most valuable patent portfolios
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2006-11-08 EU IHT: Years of deadlock on EU patent bring some new thinking
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2006-11-08 US BusinessWeek: NTP: A Taste of Its Own Medicine
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2006-11-07 WW IP Watch: Group B+ Draft Patent Harmonisation Treaty Emerges ( -> Horns Blog)
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2006-11-07 US Slashdot: Flickr Patenting “Interestingness” (patent application)
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2006-11-07 US Managing IP: Court Sides with eSpeed in Trading Technologies Patent Case
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2006-11-07 US Dmarti: No thanks, Novell. Software patents are a problem for everyone.
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2006-11-07 US eWeek: Novell Explains, Defends Microsoft Patent Agreement
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2006-11-07 EU FT: Patents court to cut time and cost of lawsuits
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2006-11-07 EU IPEG: Rules of Procedure of the European Patent Court (as proposed by a group of European Judges)
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2006-11-07 EU IP Geek: European Patent Judges agree on rules and procedures for the new EU Patent Court
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2006-11-07 UK Managing IP: Macrosson seeks leave to appeal
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2006-11-07 US Slashdot: Microsoft/Novell Deal Could Create Two-Tier Linux Market
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2006-11-07 EU STOA: Recommendations for a Patent System of the Future
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2006-11-07 EU Nosoftwarepatents-award: Siemens patent voted software patent of the year 2006
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2006-11-07 US Palm: Palm Responds to Unwarranted Lawsuit Over Dubious Patents
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2006-11-07 US FT: Trading Technology suffers legal setback
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2006-11-07 US Bloomberg: Palm Sued by NTP Over Patents for Wireless Devices
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2006-11-06 EU Linspire: Microsoft: “If You Can’t Beat ’em….Charge ’em.”
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2006-11-05 CN Stephesblog: Open Standards, IPR and Innovation Conference, Beijing 2006
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2006-11-05 EU IPKitten: You too can be an MEP
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2006-11-05 EU Corporate Europe Observer: What happened to the Campaign for Creativity?
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2006-11-01 US CCIA: CCIA Hosts Panel, Releases Report on Patent Crisis and Reform
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2006-11-04 US Arstechnica: Forgent settles JPEG patent claims, keeps suing
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2006-11-04 US ZDNet: Microsoft patent peace–or patent war?
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2006-11-04 US ITwire: Red Hat forced to provide patent indemnification
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2006-11-02 UK UKPO: Patent Office issues Practice Notice on Patentability of Computer Programs and Business Methods
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2006-11-03 US eWeek: Ballmer Invites Patent Talks with Competing Linux Vendors
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2006-11-03 US Groklaw: The Morning After – Reactions to Novell-MS – Updated 2xs
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2006-11-02 US eWeek: Microsoft/Novell Patent Deal Opens Up Opportunity
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2006-11-02 US Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Microsoft, Novell in Linux partnership
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2006-11-02 US APC: Think standards are boring? Think again!
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2006-11-02 US Microsoft: Comments on the Microsoft & Novell Interoperability Collaboration
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2006-11-02 US Microsoft: Patent Cooperation Agreement – Microsoft & Novell Interoperability Collaboration
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2006-11-02 US Novell: Microsoft and Novell Announce Broad Collaboration on Windows and Linux Interoperability and Support
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2006-11-02 US The Australian: Patently wrong for US courts to rule world
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2006-11-02 US Groklaw: Novell Sells Out (includes patent agreement between Novell and MS)
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2006-11-02 US ZDNet/Dana Gardner: Microsoft and Novell: Fox marries chicken, both move into henhouse
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2006-11-02 EU The Register: TomTom fails to put the brakes on Garmin
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2006-11-02 EU Yahoo: Garmin Wins Dutch Lawsuit Brought by TomTom
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2006-11-02 US Seattle Times: Microsoft settles thorny JPEG patent suit
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2006-11-02 NZ m-net: Tailored voicemail feature for callers
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2006-11-02 US ZDNet: Forgent settles JPEG patent cases
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2006-11-02 NL Reuters: Dutch court rules against TomTom in patent suit
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2006-11-02 US TechWhack: Kodak Prevails in Patent Suit with Ampex
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2006-11-02 CN People: Microsoft gives China green light on patent technology
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2006-11-02 US Vnunet: Settlement neutralizes Jpeg patent threat
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2006-11-02 UK Mad: Patently a problem?
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2006-11-02 US Ag-IP: Forgent Announces ‘672 Patent Settlement
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2006-11-02 US Democratandchronicle: Kodak wins in patent dispute