patent trolls

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Microsoft Plus Nokia: Pending Patent Troll?

Simon Phipps | InfoWorld | September 3, 2013

Nokia's large patent portfolio could be a powerful weapon in Microsoft's war on archrival Google Read More »

MMRGlobal Files Form 8-K Regarding Signing Of Patent License Agreement, Dr. Shekhar Challa To Medical Board Of Advisors

Press Release | MMRGlobal, Inc., 4medica, Inc. | December 10, 2012

MMRGlobal, Inc. (OTCQB: MMRF) today announced it filed a Form 8-K regarding the signing by MyMedicalRecords, Inc. (MMR) of a Non-Exclusive Patent License Agreement with 4medica, Inc. to license U.S. rights for the health IT patents owned by MyMedicalRecords, Inc. Read More »

Numbers Don't Lie: Patent Trolls Are A Plague

Simon Phipps | InfoWorld | October 19, 2012

Recent research supports view that patent troll activity is rising -- costing America a fortune in wasted legal fees and lost jobs Read More »

Open App Challenge, Patent Wars, and more

Bailey McCann | CivSource | October 9, 2012

As the first part of a new $1 million Health Innovation Program, Allscripts, a US-based health care firm has announced an Open App Challenge which asks developers and vendors to to “Start a Revolution” by creating and integrating applications that become an extension of Allscripts’ Open Electronic Health Records software...Other health IT firms are working to build innovation and draw funding in similarly open source ways. Read More »

Open Business Conference: CBS tunes in to Open Source

Paul Krill | InfoWorld | April 30, 2013

Ring in open source and cloud apps, ring out old packaged software. That's the message relayed by Peter Yared, CTO for CBS Interactive, at this week's open source-focused Open Business Conference in San Francisco. Read More »

Open source protection against software patents

Simon Phipps | InfoWorld | November 8, 2013

Software patents continue to drag down competition and innovation. The Open Invention Network (OIN), a novel patent pool fighting for rather than against open source, plays an important role in these defenses. Read More »

Patent Reform and Patent Totalitarianism

Brian Kahin | OpenSource.com | October 31, 2011

Touted as the most extensive revision of the patent law since 1952, the America Invents Act of 2011 was signed by the President on September 16. You might think in light of the celebration and rhetoric, that the Act was tackling the big problems such as patent trolls, broad and abstract patents, the billions squandered in the smartphone wars, or opportunistic litigation against users. Read More »

Patent Trolls Are Now Crushing Parts Of The Developer Economy

Haydn Shaughnessy | Forbes | July 4, 2013

News that Boston University is suing Apple AAPL -0.59% over parts for the iPhone and iPad (the component in question is called “highly insulating monocrystalline gallium nitride thin films”), is one more dull thud of the patent lawyers’ dossier on the smartphone scene. [...] Read More »

Patent Trolls Are Starting To Get Trampled

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | ZDNet | September 24, 2014

The Open Invention Network now has over a thousand licensees and the court cases are starting to go against the patent trolls...

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Patent War Goes Nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-Owned “Rockstar” Sues Google

Joe Mullin | Ars Technica | October 31, 2013

Rockstar paid $4.5 billion for Nortel patents and has launched a major attack. Read More »

Patents: The Next Open Access Fight

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the state of publicly funded research. Many, including EFF, have long called on Congress to pass a law requiring that publicly funded research be made available to the public. With strong support for FASTR (the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act) in both parties, Vice-President Biden making open access a major component of his Cancer Moonshot initiative, and presumptive presidential nominee Hillary Clinton including access to research in her platform, signs are looking good that Congress will finally pass an open access mandate. It’s just a matter of when...

Prominent Critic Of Patent System To Join The White House

Jeff John Roberts | GigaOM | September 13, 2013

Santa Clara law professor Colleen Chien, who has published research that questions the economic justification for patent trolling, will advise the Obama Administration’s Chief Technology Officer. Read More »

Stop Patent Mischief By Curbing Patent Enforcement

Simon Phipps | InfoWorld | November 9, 2012

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Software patents are evil. They allow the work of innovators to be ambushed and raise the cost of technology innovation. But finding a viable solution to the software patent mess isn't easy. Read More »

The Huge Societal Costs Of NPE Software Patent Lawsuits

Rob Tiller | opensource.com | September 27, 2012

Innovative software companies start each work day knowing that, no matter how careful and how ethical they are, they face a meaningful risk of being sued for patent infringement...A major source of this pain is non-practicing entities (NPEs), which are expert at acquiring and exploiting weak software patents. While this is not hot news to the open source community, the enormous financial harm caused by NPEs is just starting to be understood. Read More »

Transit Agencies Are Finally Fighting Back Against An Infamous Patent Troll

Emily Badger | The Atlantic Cities | June 26, 2013

For several years now, a curious company called ArrivalStar – which has no website, appears to produce nothing, and is oddly registered in Luxembourg – has been systematically suing public transit agencies in the United States. [...] Read More »