What happened in August 2007 concerning software patents and related topics: Latest news linked to dossiers and tutorials provided by FFII and a community of wiki editors.
2007-08-30 US SeattlePI: Microsoft, Eolas settle big patent dispute
2007-08-22 EU France ready to sign London Agreement (... and pave the way for a community patent)
2007-08-29 US Slashdot: Google and Others Sued For Automating Email
2007-08-28 US Informationweek: Amazon, Google, Yahoo, And Others Sued For Automating Their E-mail
2007-08-27 US TechnologyReview: Patent Law Gets Saner (discussion of recent SCOTUS decisions)
2007-08-27 US WSJ: Patent System's Revamp Hits Wall
2007-08-24 US The Inquirer: Every software firm in world sued over patent
2007-08-19 NZ NZ-OSS: Patent threat looms large over OOXML (Slashdot discussion)
2007-08-14 US Ars: What does Milan have to do with Silicon Valley? IP laws threaten innovation
2007-08-07 US Slashdot: Patent Lawsuits Galore
2007-08-08 US DallasNews: Exxon files countersuit in phone patent case
2007-08-06 EU DigiMaj: Qualcomm found guilty of patent ambush
2007-08-06 EU IPwatch: Mobile, IT Industries Form Patent Pool-Style Scheme
2007-08-06 US BoycottNovell: Microsoft Resorted to So-called ‘Patent Terrorism’ Back in 2004
2007-08-06 US Eweek: Shuttleworth: Microsoft Fracturing the Open-Source Community
2007-08-07 US FT: Microsoft’s $1.53bn judgment overturned
2007-07-25 US LWN: Fedora's mid-life crisis
2007-08-02 US IAM: Is the software patent debate a red herring?
2007-08-02 US Newswireless: Google's head of patents believes the US patent system is "in crisis" following Blackberry lawsuit
2007-08-03 US MobileMessaging2: Patent application published for SMS notification of account fraud
2007-08-03 US TGDaily: Microsoft, Adobe in the spotlight of a new patent suit
2007-08-02 US Slashdot: Broken Patent System? Google, Apple Disagree
2007-08-02 UK TheRegister: Google: Kill all the patent trolls (comments)
2007-08-02 UK TheRegister: Google: Kill all the patent trolls
2007-08-01 EU FFII: September double-strike for interoperability
2007-08-31 US NetworkWorld: Microsoft, Eolas seek to settle patent rift out of court
2007-08-02 US TheStar: Retrial of $521 million ruling against Microsoft postponed
2007-08-02 US HollywoodReporter: TW, IBM put heads together
2007-08-02 US Infoworld: Vendors say patent system needs work
2007-08-02 US MultiChannel: Time Warner, IBM to Cross-License Patents
2007-08-01 US WebProNews: eBay Evades 'Buy it Now' Injunction
2007-08-01 US Downtown business wins $85M in lawsuit (for patent on bonds auctions on Internet)
