What happened in December 2006 concerning software patents and related topics: Latest news linked to dossiers and tutorials provided by FFII and a community of wiki editors.
2006-12-28 US eWeek: Judge Dismisses Patent Lawsuit Against Google
2006-12-29 US MSNBC: US patents for financial services boost
2006-12-13 US NiallKennedy: Talking Linux IP with Bill Gates
2006-12-27 US MSNBC: Bankers are beating path to patent office
2006-12-27 US Chicago Tribune: Google wins dismissal of suit over search patents
2006-12-27 US TelematicsJournal: TCS Awarded New Location Patent
2006-12-26 US InformationWeek: Microsoft Defends RSS Patent Applications
2006-12-23 US Finanznarichten: Garmin Obtains Complete Victory on TomTom Patents, Will Pursue Own Patent Claims Against TomTom
2006-12-23 WW British Medical Journal: Scrooge and intellectual property rights (Slashdot discussion)
2006-12-22 US Slashdot: ESR's Desktop Linux 2008 Deadline
2006-12-22 US TechWorld: Samba co-founder leaves 'pariah' Novell
2006-12-22 US InformationWeek: Microsoft Seeks RSS Patents; Blogosphere Worries
2006-12-21 EU RobertGaloppini: European Patent Conference invitation (wed 24 January, Brussels)
2006-12-21 US Cpilive: Door open to open-source pacts
2006-12-20 US ACS Blog: Report: Patent Law Stifles Drug Innovation (-> Slashdot)
2006-12-18 UK The Register: Halliburton loses software patent appeal in UK
2006-12-18 US Computerworld: GPLv3 touted as foil to Microsoft-Novell deal
2006-12-18 US News-leader: Peerflix could gain clout from patent
2006-12-18 US Patently-O: Microsoft v. AT&T: Transnational Patent Law At The Supreme Court
2006-12-18 US UnionLeader: Bryan Lord: NH's future rests on intellectual property rights
2006-12-18 US Timedispatch: Ask the propeller heads: Patent dispute at heart of surfer's pop-up blues
2006-12-18 US Computerworld: Amazon says IBM infringes patents in WebSphere
2006-12-18 EU Vanguardngr: Changes by ETSI will reduce the uncertainty around intellectual property rights — GSMA
2006-12-18 US ITNewsonline: US Software Patents Have No Right to Cover Activity Outside of the US
2006-12-18 US Usability: 79 Usability Patents by Jakob Nielsen
2006-12-18 US Lasers-in-the-jungle: a letter from Knuth to the U.S. Patent Office in Sept. 2003
2006-12-18 US Lambda-the-ultimate: Theorem proving and patents...
2006-12-18 US Nypost: Online DVD service may stir patent furor
2006-12-16 US Slashdot: China Readies Royalty-Free DVD Format, Again
2006-12-16 US Slashdot: Microsoft Deems Emotiflags Patent-Worthy
2006-12-15 US TechDirt: But What Are Software Patents Good For?
2006-12-15 US TechDirt: Patent Reform At Amazon And IBM Apparently Means Suing The Crap Out Of Each Other
2006-12-15 US Softwarefreedom: Software Freedom Law Center Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Against Software Patents
2006-12-15 US Softwarefreedom: Brief filed in Microsoft v. AT&T
2006-12-15 US Groklaw: SFLC Files Briefs with Supreme Court Arguing Against Software Patents
2006-12-14 US Groklaw: Open Invention Network's Jerry Rosenthal Answers Your Questions
2006-12-14 DE Computerworld: SanDisk MP3 patent battle still ongoing
2006-12-14 US Broadcastnewsroom: Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patent for Medical Monitoring Technology
2006-12-14 US ZDNet UK: How to Google the Wright patent
2006-12-13 US CNET: Senator: Expect data privacy and patent law rewrite
2006-12-14 EU AGIP: EP Civil Liberties Committee Criminalizes Business Conflicts
2006-12-14 EU FFII: EP Civil Liberties committee criminalises business conflicts
2006-12-13 EU CEO: ExxonMobil and DG Internal Market win worst EU Lobby Awards 2006
2006-12-14 EU Euobserver: Dodgy EU lobbying in spotlight
2006-12-14 EU Eux: ExxonMobil wins Worst EU Lobby Award (DG Internal Market wins award for "worst priviledged access" for Patent Consultation)
2006-12-14 EU Heise: Worst Lobby Award (dt.) (Worst Privileged Access: EU Commission, Worst Lobby: Exxon)
2006-12-13 EU ZDNet: Patent Office considers Wiki peer review
2006-12-13 US IBM Research: The evolution of intellectual property (official report (PDF) from an IBM conference July 2006 on IP)
2006-12-12 US Sakai: Patent Defense Mechanisms for Open Source Communities
2006-12-12 UK Schmoller: UK Treasury's Gowers Review picks up on the Blackboard Patent
2006-12-12 US Signonsandiego: Qualcomm infringed on patent from rival
2006-12-12 US Newswireless: In praise of Gowers
2006-12-12 US Netpr: Customers Strongly Endorse New Microsoft-Novell Deal
2006-12-12 EU TheRegister: Plan for European patent court may fail, says EU Commissioner
2006-12-11 WW LXer: Microsoft answers IP questions posed in LXer open letter
2006-12-11 EU Out-law: Plan for European patent court may fail, says EU Commissioner
2006-12-07 EU EuropeanVoice: Intellectual property fights
2006-12-07 EU EuropeanVoice: Europe should wake its sleeping patents
2006-12-07 EU EuropeanVoice: Fed-up McCreevy puts EU patent bid on back burner
2006-12-07 EU EuropeanVoice: Can Europe afford to patent and protect?
2006-12-11 EU FFII: FFII President says current patent system not sustainable
2006-12-06 US Washingtonpost: A Powerful Voice in Patent Disputes
2006-12-08 EU ManagingIP: McCreevy dashes hopes for European patent court
2006-12-08 US InformationWeek: Microsoft Seeks Ad-Targeting Patent for DVRs
2006-12-08 US ITjungle: IBM Sues PSI: You Say Emulate, We Say Litigate
2006-12-07 US Colorado: CU-Boulder Professor Calls For U.S. Patent Reforms To Spur Innovation, Global Competition
2006-12-09 US Huliq: Samsung Joins DVD6C in Licensing DVD Patents
2006-12-08 AU Linuxworld: Shelving of EU patent court draws ire
2006-12-08 US ZDNet: Playing the patent game
2006-12-07 UK TheRegister: McCreevy laments unpopular EPLA
2006-12-08 US CBC: Nintendo game controller sparks patent lawsuit
2006-12-07 EU LegalWeek: The Bar: Patent Care (analysis of effect of EPLA on UK legislation)
2006-12-05 US ZDNet: IBM accuses mainframe cloner of patent infringment
2006-12-05 EU Council: 2769th Competitiveness Council Meeting, Brussels, 4 December 2006
2006-12-05 IT Assodigitale: Speech of Viviane Reding, Member of the European Commission responsible for Information Society
2006-12-05 EU IAM: Why would France oppose the EPLA?
2006-12-05 EU Horns: Ms. Viviane Reding on 'Patent Ambushes'
2006-12-05 EU Horns: 2769th Council Meeting, Brussels
2006-12-05 EU Gulf-times: Commission forced to delay patent proposals
2006-12-05 EU EUObserver: EU locked in 'deja vu' patent reform problems
2006-12-05 EU FT: Hopes fade for EU patents reform initiative
2006-12-04 EU Gulf-times: EU makes ‘some progress’ on simplifying customs code
2006-12-04 EU Fiona Williamson: Group N - Should the EU adopt the US model of software patenting?
2006-12-04 US Slashdot: Apple's Billion Dollar Patent & Other Stories From Patentland
2006-12-04 US Roughlydrafted: Apple's Billion Dollar Patent Bluster
2006-12-01 EU Horns: Enforcing Patents on CIIs in Germany
2006-12-01 US Groklaw: The Gotcha on that MS License on the Office 2007 "Giveaway"
2006-11-29 EU Patentfrei: EPLA Dispute - SMEs unsatisfied with ICT Task Force
2006-12-01 EU Playfuls: German Court Finds DVD Disc Manufacturer ODS Infringes MPEG-2 Patents
2006-12-01 US BusinessWire: Acacia Technologies Acquires Rights to Patent for Electronic Address List Management
2006-12-01 US Heise: FSF founder wants to prevent further agreements between Novell and Microsoft
2006-12-01 UK ZDNet: Open-source group seeks reversal of 'junk patent'
2006-12-01 US vnunet:Game cheats 'blocked' by new software patent
2006-12-01 US playfuls:Apple itunes patent settlement
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