Corporate users of Microsoft’s productivity suites Office XP and Office 2003 will have to upgrade their software, in the wake of Microsoft’s court loss in a patent suit.
Google Personalization Patent Filed
Google has applied for a patent that, at face value, looks as if they are thinking of radically altering the way they rank websites in the general organic search results.
Sprint Direct Dials Vonage Patent Attorneys
The newly merged Sprint Nextel has filed suit against Vonage, accusing it of infringing on seven patents.
Box-Wrap Rap: Lexmark And Patent Infringement
Lexington, KY – Lexington, KY based Lexmark International finally won a major ruling in their never ending war to protect their printer cartridge business. The decision came down from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals saying that when consumers open the packaging for printer cartridges, they agree to the terms and conditions of Lexmark, namely, not to refill them.
Free Patent Search Information and Tips
The first step to find out if your invention can be patented is to conduct a free patent search online in any free patent information database online.
Music Patent Saga Takes Creative Twist
Apple launched the iPod, but it may be Creative and not Microsoft that patented a music management interface first.
Google Secures Patent For Geocoding
Today, Google was awarded the geocoding patent, which will allow them to issue geocodes (longitude and latitude readings) for postal addresses they’ve gathered from documents and web sites, among other places.
Microsoft Chuckling At Apple Patent Mishap
An iPod patent has been rejected by the USPTO due to Microsoft having filed a similar patent five months earlier.
OSDL Opens Patent Commons Project
Open Source Development Labs disclosed at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo the creation of a centralized patent and pledge library.
RSS Ads Getting Googled? Google Applies For Patent
One current discussion in the search community is Google’s patent application for embedded advertising in RSS feeds. It’s appeared on lots of blogs and forums and the genuine news article.