TomTom and Microsoft have settled the patent litigation. Here's TechFlash's coverage. According to the Microsoft press release, TomTom will remove functionality regarding the FAT patents within two years, which is no big deal, frankly, and in the meantime, they are covered "in a manner that is fully compliant with TomTom's obligations under the General Public License Version 2 (GPLv2)"
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The SCO v. Novell Summary Judgment Motions: Chart
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Erwan has put together for us a chart of all the motions in SCO v. Novell that were decided prior to trial in the August 10, 2007 Order and the final two motions decided after trial in the July 16, 2008 Order.
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A roundup summarising important developments pertaining to software patents. A LOT has happened since the last post regarding software patents. Here are some reports and developments to be aware of.
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The Open Cloud Manifesto in full
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This is the text of the Open Cloud Manifesto - it came from someone who disagrees with its sentiments.
Maybe there are shades of the Aperi process here with companies feeling they are being bulldozed into signing something they haven't had a hand in developing?
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DRM is Dead / Long Live DRM: A Call for Transparency in the Emerald City
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Reading Prof. Felten's post on "DRM in Retreat" earlier this year might have led one to believe that DRM was getting ready to take a long walk off a short pier wearing concrete shoes. However, the DRM town hall meeting hosted by the Federal Trade Commission this week in Seattle quickly disabused all in attendance of such a notion.
Read more »SCO Objects to $50,586.14 of Novell's Bill of Costs
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There are some filings in the SCO v. Novell litigation. SCO is objecting to some of Novell's Bill of Costs, and in the second filing, the court tried to mail something to Jonathan Lee Riches, but the post office evidently couldn't find him. In prison. "Mail returned as undeliverable... unable to forward." Uh oh.
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Moonlight plans video-patent police beater for Linux
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The open-source version of Microsoft's Silverlight is adopting hardware-based decoding for video, a move that will boost multimedia on Linux devices.
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SCO Bankruptcy Filings, MOR for January, Dec. Hearing Transcript
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There are a lot of filings to catch up on in the SCO bankruptcy, the usual bleeding of the patient with bills and such. Also the monthly operating reports for January from SCO, and the transcript [PDF] from the December hearing which was embargoed until March but is now available.
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Google soon to be banned in Australia under draconian censorship laws
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Recent action by the Australian Government may see Google and many other popular websites banned in Australia under existing censorship laws.
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TomTom gets allies in Microsoft Linux patent lawsuit fight
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When Microsoft first sued TomTom for patent violations in TomTom's Linux-powered navigation devices, I wasn't sure how much of a fight TomTom would put up. Legally TomTom was between a rock and a hard place. You can't use restricted-use patents in GPLed software.
Read more »A Deeper Look at TomTom’s Patent Case Against Microsoft
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Can Microsoft navigate its way out of this one? Summary: A detailed overview and some analysis of TomTom's countersuit.
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Amazon’s Linux-powered and DRM-laden Gadget Sued for Patent Infringement
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European Patent Office Continues March for Software Patents
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The Community patent, which the EPO almost endorses now, is a back door to software patents
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TomTom Sues the “Patent Troll” Microsoft
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A quick glance at TomTom’s response to Microsoft’s lawsuit that jeopardises the GPL and Linux
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Now TomTom Sues Microsoft for Patent Infringement -- Guess Who Their Lawyers Are? MoFo!!!
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Can you believe it? This is so great!! Morrison & Foerster are representing TomTom in a new patent infringement lawsuit TomTom has just filed against Microsoft! I love covering their cases. Patent law is usually soooo boring to me, but these guys will keep me awake, and no doubt if I pay attention, I'll learn a lot.
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