According to “’Patent flipping’, market making and patent trolls” there is an emerging market as users purchase patents for technology they need, but do not own. But a few, labelled “patent trolls” purchase patents to seek payment from those who cannot afford to defend themselves in multi-million dollar trials. Research shows “aggressive trolls” held 17% […]
Read more >In July 2010 software giant Oracle sued search engine giant Google for infringing on its patents. Oracle sought at least $1 billion in damages, but won nothing as their case collapsed. This outcome may have been strongly influenced by a judge who learned the Java programming language to better understand the case. This was unknown […]
Read more >On 24 May 2011 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) chair Steve Crocker warned provisions of the SOPA and PIPA legislation would degrade the operation of the Internet. Subsequently the courts have seized domain names—with no warning to the innocent, adopted procedures that make the implementation of Internet name security—DNSSEC—impractical, and required […]
Read more >In the December/January issue of Intellectual Property Magazine, Jim Farmer reports on recent U.S. trade agreements with Columbia, Korea, and Panama. The U.S. has sought broad protection for intellectual property in their agreements. But US corporations are now disrupting trade of electronic goods through patent enforcement rather than licensing. An example of this is Apple, […]
Read more >Oracle v Google: a trial that may re-structure the industry. In the November issue of Intellectual Property Magazine, Jim Farmer lists some hazardous outcomes to the Oracle v Google patent infringement trial. A culture of conflict may replace the culture of collaboration Silicon Valley is noted for. The threat of patent litigation may […]
Read more >Open-source software: in search of a business model In the October issue of Intellectual Property Magazine, Jim Farmer describes the businesses emerging from open-source software. In addition to product support, he identified complementary products, support, insurance, and market entry. Software patents are becoming a threat to open-source software. Red Hat indemnifies users of its versions […]
Read more >In the September issue of Intellectual Property Magazine, Jim Farmer suggests Google may have made two strategic errors in the software patent wars: The initial bid of $900 million for the 6,000 Nortel patents that forced Apple and Microsoft to cooperate. And the exchange of email between Google and Microsoft that became public damaging Google’s […]
Read more >In the July publication of Intellectual Property Magazine, Jim Farmer published and article discussing Facebook, Inc.’s use of intellectual property. The article can be found http://localhost/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/IMM/I110708F.pdf. To view all im+m posts relating to Intellectual Property Magazine, click here. Related Articles: Ralph Lauren Outlet ralph lauren polo Ralph Lauren Canada Ralph Lauren Sale Ralph Lauren Polo […]
Read more >In the May publication of Intellectual Property Magazine, Jim Farmer published an article describing the merits and problems of IP litigation focusing on several of the major software IP patent cases in the United States. The article can be found http://localhost/eLibrary/ARCHIVES/GENERAL/IMM/I110501F.pdf. To view all im+m articles in Intellectual Property Magazine, click here.
Read more >In the April publication of Intellectual Property Magazine, Jim Farmer published an article describing litigation between Oracle and Google over Java. Oracle bases it claim on patents acquired from Sun Microsystems. He speculates on the impact of litigation on the open-source community. To view all im+m articles in Intellectual Property Magazine, click here. The article […]
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