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18 Jun, 2008 5:25 am
[JURIST] China's State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) [official website] Wednesday announced an anti-monopoly investigation into Microsoft
[corporate website] and other international software companies suspected of dominating the Chinese software market, unfairly raising prices and bundling software. Software
companies will likely face increased liability for alleged anti-competitive
9 Apr, 2007 2:20 am
... possible sophistication with the simplest possible user experience. Perhaps the best evidence that we are entering this era of Softwareless Software Companies is Microsoft's "Live" push. At a recent VC Summit, numerous Microsoft execs, including Steve ... . But the most significant differentiator may ultimately prove to be the capacity to scale with massive demand. And those
companies best situated to deliver that scale will be the winners. Thus, it is no surprise that just up and down the river ...
29 Nov, 2007 9:15 am
The past year has seen a massive increase in the number of flaws found in Microsoft software,
according to vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. Between 2006 and 2007, there was an almost threefold rise in Microsoft flaws, Qualys said. Read the article: CNET News.com
27 Jul 7:06 am
A recent Newsweek online article looked into the possibility that software companies may soon be subject to product liability lawsuits
for flaws in their programs that allow hackers in. A likely defendant in a lawsuit like this would be Microsoft, simply because its
software is everywhere. Software makers have traditionally argued that software is not a "product" subject to product liability laws. Experts now expect more significant litigation is ...
30 Jan, 2007 2:33 am
... should have been given to the creators of this software. Lo and behold, word got out that, on October 20, 2005, Microsoft filed for a patent application titled "Object ... community became enraged, and started mobilizing a campaign to stop the application. One of the
companies that was contacted was Sun Microsystems. BlueJ is a cross platform program, and uses Sun ... Microsoft, Matusow responded,
saying "[t]hat doesn't make any sense . . . there's no logic to it. Why would you patent something in a space ...
24 Jun, 2008 6:10 pm
LimitNone, a small software development company, is seeking nearly $1 billion in damages in a lawsuit
that accuses Google of reneging on a partnership with the small company and misappropriating its trade secrets for its Google Apps online
service. Specifically, the suit concerns LimitNone software called gMove designed to let people move e-mail, contacts, and calendar information
stored in Microsoft Outlook to Google's online service. Read the article: CNET News.com
9 Jan 2:53 am
NetworkWorld reports: Twenty-two major software and security companies are being sued for alleged patent infringement by a little-known
entity now controlling the two patents in question. Information Protection and Authentication of Texas (IPAT) filed suit on Dec. 30 against companies such as Microsoft, Symantec and CA, alleging infringement of U.S. patents No. 5,311,591 and No. 5,412,717.
7 Jul 7:54 am
... Software Alliance (BSA) is an organization that represents software companies and
prosecutes alleged unlicensed use of those member companies' software products. The BSA generally initially sends a company a letter indicating the company may be out of ... results as the full Acrobat product. Also, a computer may
appear to have a full Microsoft Office suite, when one component, such as Microsoft Word, is the only
product from the suite that actually is installed. Each of these items can make a ...
20 Feb, 2007 6:22 pm
... &T's patent. However, the Windows software-by itself-does not infringe AT&T's patent. Microsoft supplies Windows to U.S. and ... infringe the patent, but the cake that a baker bakes using the recipe would infringe. Microsoft contends that its Windows code-before it is installed on a computer-is just a set of instructions. Thus ... then they cannot be held liable for
supplying components from the United States. So, software companies will send their design and manufacturing overseas. AT&T and ...
26 Nov, 2007 8:20 am
... percent in 1996. However, the group says that because the industry has grown in that time, software companies' annual piracy losses
have quadrupled. The BSA says piracy took ... Entertainment Inc. of Salt Lake City, where an audit revealed two unlicensed copies of Microsoft
software. Retail value: $6,500. The BSA pressed for $16,500; the sides ... say they wish they didn't have to buy anything again from the
companies that unleashed the alliance on them. In one case, a BSA raid on musical-instrument maker ...
21 Jun, 2008 8:16 am
... suits are alleged to have misled customers by repeatedly distributing unlicensed copies of Microsoft software pre-installed on the PCs that they sold. Some of these companies continued with their illegal business practices even after settling previous
lawsuits ... me one less thing to worry about," said Tim Loney, president and CEO of Solutions Information Systems, a Microsoft Gold Certified
Partner and Small Business Specialist in Houston. "When the economy is struggling, it is difficult to focus ...
17 Oct, 2007 12:31 am
... technology (mainly source code) with competitors. [9] The goal of the judgment was to have Microsoft comply with the court so that rival
software companies could operate with Microsoft products through shared information. [10]
Microsoft paid the ... been noted that antitrust laws are primarily in place to benefit the consumer, rather than the corporations. [33]
Microsoft has argued that the ruling will have a negative impact on consumers because it will discourage innovation and creativity. Thomas ...
21 Apr, 2008 9:22 am
... is one of the principal contributors to the creation of a universal user privacy model. The activation process will give the company
product key information together with a "hardware hash, which is a non-unique number generated from the computer' ... (including enforcement of our agreements); or (c) act in urgent
circumstances to protect the personal safety of Microsoft employees, users of Microsoft
software or services, or members of the public," reveals another excerpt. And you thought that it was ...
3 Feb, 2008 5:21 am
... acquisition could be very good news. It's going to validate a lot of innovation at Yahoo! Many people, including Microsoft on the
conference call early this morning about the news, are focusing on what this means for advertising and for search. Since when is Yahoo! ... place. Elsewhere, closer integration of their
competing instant messengers would make sense. With Microsoft the world's dominant software
company thanks to the Windows platform, Yahoo messenger could eventually see the curtains come ...
8 Feb, 2008 9:06 am
... John Warnock and Charles Geschke quit their work at Xerox to start a software company. They named
it Adobe, after a creek that ran behind Warnock's ... chaebol (a South Korean conglomerate), so there's a whole range of LG companies that also changed their names, such as LG
Chemicals, LT Telecom, and ... and Gates first sharing the title general partners. On to the logo history: In 1982, Microsoft announced a new
logo, complete with the distinctive "O" that employees dubbed the "Blibbet." When the logo ...
18 Dec, 2008 12:38 pm
... telling you about software for your startup, but I wanted to mention that Microsoft is offering
free software to qualified startup companies through its BizSpark Program. A few weeks ago, I had a chat with Jared Bienz with
Microsoft about the ... server products. Support -Guidance, resources and mentoring provided by Network Partners, active members of the global
software ecosystem who are qualified to provide support and advice to startups -Access to MSDN Premium: managed newsgroups, online library ...
27 Oct, 2006 5:17 pm
... WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday said it will use a dispute between Microsoft Corp. and AT&T Inc. to clarify when patent
infringement damages can ... U.S. patent law to foreign markets and puts U.S. software companies at a competitive disadvantage," Mr.
Clement said, adding that the legal error "has ... T, in its own brief, argued the case's outcome "appropriately focuses on the activities of Microsoft as a domestic supplier." Oral arguments will be held in early 2007. Chief Justice John ...
14 May, 2007 1:29 am
... first time, they state that FOSS infringes on no fewer than 235 Microsoft patents. IPBiz wonders where IBM's Kappos is to talk of the
Supreme Court's ... splashed with pink-blossomed plum trees. In the 1970s and 1980s, Smith recounts, software companies relied mainly on
"trade secrets" doctrine and copyright law to protect ... sets of eyes. Wired wrote: The internet was abuzz this weekend about a Fortune article in which Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith claims that Linux violates 235 patents. As noted ...
1 Jul, 2007 7:34 pm
... which the company alleged that John D. Gunther and his company, Onyx Systems, had engaged in
selling counterfeit Microsoft software. The complaint appears to contain Microsoft's typical counterfeiting allegations, including that Microsoft contacted defendants and ... . "In or about
January 2007, Defendants distributed to an investigator computer systems with infringing Office 2003 Pro software. Defendants also distributed
counterfeit Office 2003 Pro, FrontPage 2003, Visio Pro 2003, Project Pro 2003, ...
14 Sep, 2007 1:00 pm
... company in the world have so few patents in this country, when they fight so hard to get their IP rights protected? As we all know (don't
... search reveals that there are over 1,900 published EP applications naming Microsoft as applicant. Now, even if only a small fraction of
these are granted patents ... could be a dangerous thing, particularly if you might be worried about being sued by the biggest software
company in the world. The IPKat would recommend those concerned to stay worried. Alternatively ...
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