Patent news from July 2006
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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 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 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
