Patents Stories for 2002

New Amazon Patents on Content Personalization 88
MS .net vs Mono, Open Source 243
Thermally Powered Mechanical Wristwatch 147
InterTrust Says It Owns DRM, Sues Microsoft 213
Amazon Seeks '2-Click' Shopping Cart Patent 223
AOL Patents IM 146
Amazon Releases 1-Click Patent Sequel 237
Using regexp's To Search IDS Data -- Patented 43
Cancer Mouse Not Patentable in Canada 420
Does Transfer of MPEG Video Infringe on Acacia Patents? 83
Seeking Prior Art on Markov-Based SPAM Filters? 36
Chocolatier Fights PanIP Uber-Commerce Patent 277
Potential IP (Patent, not Protocol) Troubles for SOAP 1.2 13
Intergraph Injunction Against Intel Suspended For Now 130
England Salutes 150 Years of Eccentric Patents 259
San Diego Company Owns E-Commerce 428
Patent Cases Hurting Small Businesses 348
British Columbia Bows To Breast Cancer Patent 453
Copyrights/Patents are Public Domain? 298
IBM Flushes Restroom Patent 146
What Would You Do With a New Form of Encryption? 868
Patents Choking Off Medical Research 278
EBay Subject of Patent Action 217
Patent Office Proposes Reform 178
Wright Brothers vs. Glenn Curtiss 304
Bezos Seeks Amazon Honor System-Related Patents 117
Blue LED Inventor Loses Patent Fight 317
Patents for the Little People? 467
Online Auctions Patented, eBay Sued 614
Making the Case Against Software Patents? 346
New MP3 License Terms Demand $0.75 Per Decoder 1249
E-Mail Forwarding Patented, PTO Sued 213
BT Loses Case Over Hyperlink Patent 224
Former Activerse CTO Responds to ActiveBuddy Patent 8
Paging Eliza: Patenting IM Bots 609
Peek Into European Patent Examining Cancelled 214
Talk To a European Patent Examiner 227
SCC Statement on SELinux Patent Issues 65
New Patent for Serving Ads to Newspaper Sites 48
ISO Could Withdraw JPEG Standard 457
JPEG Committee On The Ball, Seeks Prior Art 219
Suddenly a JPEG Patent and Licensing Fee 1223
Liquid Audio Sues In Pitiful Attempt to Appear Relevant 235
IPFilter Infriging on Bay Network Patent? 229
A Lawyer's View on the OpenGL Patent Mess 344
W3C Ponders RAND Again 84
New Technique Makes Most Gene Patents Irrelevant 225
Bell Dethroned as Telephone Inventor 75
Too Many Patents as Bad as Too Few 203
LWN on the Patent Encumbrence of SELinux 186
What is the Right Patent Policy? 18
When Should File Formats Be Placed in the Public Domain? 299
Red Hat Makes Patent Promise 180
Supreme Court Overturns Festo Decision 123
Red Hat Files for Software Patents 323
Pop-Under Ads Patented 325
Under Attack by PanIP's Patent Lawyers? 550
Using the USPTO Against Itself 178
Adobe Beats Macromedia In Tabs Patent Case 13
Inventor Disputes DNA Sequencer Patent 20
Patent Granted on Sideways Swinging 508
Overture Sues Google Over Pay-for-Placement Patent 256
8 Days Remain For USPTO Advisory Nominations 8
Stallman on Software Patents 394
Patent Claimed on System-Level Encryption 230
nVidia Claims Patent On Interactive Gaming Servers 33
EU Software Patents Directive: Comments? 32
Patent Nonsense 312
Amazon & Barnes and Noble Settle One-Click Dispute 98
Interview with Vita Nuova CEO Michael Jeffrey 104
Patent on Wireless Transfer of Pupil Data 27
W3C Revises Patent Royalty Policy 70
NOA to Sue for Flash Advance Linkers 688
Business Software Alliance Writes European Regulations? 149
Losing the War on Patents 179
SightSound Patent Case to Move Forward 100
82-Year-Old Coder Trumps BT's Hyperlink Patent 273
Immersion Sues Sony and Microsoft Over Force Feedback 279
BT Pushing Hyperlink Patent 458
FTC Schedules Hearings On Patent Laws 12
Should DNA be Patentable? 257
When is it Legal to Reverse Engineer Software? 40
AvantGo Gets a Patent 128
W3C Publishes "Current Patent Practices" 135
Scientific American On Bad Patents 227
Canadian Company Claims RDF Patent 188