Patents Stories for 2010

Google Patenting 'Exponential' Friend Spamming 64
OSI Refers Novell Patent Deal To Authorities 88
Paul Allen Amends Lawsuit Against Facebook, Apple 129
Microsoft, Motorola Add 9 Patents To Ongoing Court Battle 61
Will Patents Make NCAA Football Playoffs Impossible? 177
Audio and Video Patents Haunt Apple and Android 98
Kodak's Patent Spat Threatens Photo Web Sites 171
ITC Investigates Xbox 360 After Motorola Complaint 71
Microsoft, Apple, EMC, and Oracle Form Patent Bloc 113
OnLive Awarded Patent For Cloud-Based Gaming 87
Google Patents Browser Highlight All Button 150
Microsoft Seeks 1-Click(er) Patent 86
Interval's Patent Suit Against the World Dismissed 54
World's Largest Patent Troll Fires First Salvo 189
Summarizing the Apple-Android Patent Battle 126
Microsoft Invests In Open Source Software Company 99
Google To Translate European Patents 53
Apple Patents Glasses-Free 3D Projector 171
8-Year-Old Receives Patent 142
Inside the Labs At HP, Microsoft and IBM 81
Microsoft Word Patent Case Going To Supreme Court 207
Microsoft Patents Shape-Shifting Display 112
Canada's Federal Court of Appeal To Rule On Business Methods 34
Tandberg Attempts To Patent Open Source Code 187
Microsoft (Probably) Didn't Just Buy Unix 289
Did an Apple Engineer Invent FB Messages In 2003? 128
RuneScape Developer Victorious Over Patent Troll 89
Proposed Final ACTA Text Published 148
Tide of International Science Moving Against US, EU 302
Red Hat's Secret Patent Deal 95
Microsoft Patents Foot Computing 107
Motorola Countersues Microsoft Over 16 Patents 62
3D Printing May Face Legal Challenges 316
Amazon Patents Bad Gift Protection 210
USPTO Decides To Lower Obviousness Standards 129
Apple Counter-Sues Motorola Over Touchscreen Patents 201
US Says Genes Should Not Be Patentable 127
Microsoft Charging Royalties For Linux 286
NASA To Auction Automated Code Generation Patents 134
IBM Says New Software Will Help Predict Natural Disasters 72
Is Zynga Trying To Patent Virtual Currency? 89
Who Invented the Linux-Based Wireless Router? 154
Webvention Demanding $80k For Rollover Images 314
Apple Awarded Anti-Sexting Patent 184
Microsoft Patents GPU-Accelerated Video Encoding 304
Motorola Sues Apple 176
Why Geim Never Patented Graphene 325
China Becoming Intellectual Property Powerhouse 140
Facebook Patents Location Social Networking 120
Red Hat Settles Patent Case 76
EFF, Apache Side With Microsoft In i4i Patent Case 83
Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android-Related Patent Infringement 199
Microsoft To Charge Phone Makers a Licensing Fee 225
Red Hat Urges USPTO To Deny Most Software Patents 175
Apple Patents Directional Flash Tech For Cameras 145
Most Software Patent Trolls Lose Lawsuits 108
Preliminary Finding Invalidates VoIP Patent 77
Stallman Crashes Talk, Fights 'War On Sharing' 309
Skyhook Wireless Sues Google Over Anti-Competitive Practices 228
IBM Patents Choose-Your-Own-Adventure Movies 187
Patent Office Admits Truth — Things Are a Disaster 278
Oracle, NetApp Drop ZFS Patent Suit 66
A New Species of Patent Troll 258
Microsoft Patents OS Shutdown 404
'Free' H.264 a Precursor To WebM Patent War? 204
Paul Allen Files Patent Suit Against Apple, Google, Yahoo, Others 219
.Net On Android Is Safe, Says Microsoft 377
MPEG LA Announces Permanent Royalty Moratorium For H264 262
Lexmark Sues 24 Companies Over Toner-Cartridge Patents 294
Patent Office Ramps Up Patent Approvals 101
Apple Patents Remotely Disabling Jailbroken Phones 381
Legal Analysis of Oracle v. Google 206
Why Software Patents Are a Joke — Literally 311
Town Gets Patent On Being the Center of Europe 169
Apple Wants Patent On Video Game-Based iBooks 104
Rare Sharing of Data Led To Results In Alzheimer's Research 159
Oracle Sues Google For Infringing Java Patents 510
Genetically Modified Canola Spreads To Wild Plants 414
Apple Mines App Store Submissions For Patent Ideas 307
Letter To Abolish Software Patents In Australia 166
Negroponte Offers OLPC Technology For India's $35 Tablet 104
FCC Gives Thumbs-Up To First LTE Phone 42
Commission Affirms NVIDIA Violated Rambus Patents 35
Rambus Could Reap Millions In Patent Settlements 82
Google Nabs Patent To Monitor Your Cursor Movement 198
Company Claims Patent On Spam Filtering, Sues World 186
Breaking Open the Video Frontier, Despite MPEG-LA 66
Feds Bust Chinese Firm's Hybrid Car Data Heist 203
Forced iAds Coming To OS X? 416
Sony Developing 3D Screen-Sharing Technology For Two Players 174
FreeType Project Cheers TrueType Patent Expiration 203
Software Now Un-Patentable In New Zealand 221
Microsoft Applies For Page-Turn Animation Patent 293
NTP Sues Six Major Tech Companies Over Wireless Email Patents 197
NetApp Threatens Sellers of Appliances Running ZFS 231
Open Source Music Fingerprinter Gets Patent Nastygram 487
Microsoft's Health-y Patent Appetite 85
What Bilski Means For Biotech Patents 47
MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want 453
IEEE Supports Software Patents In Wake of Bilski 122
France Says D-Star Ham Radio Mode Is Illegal 282
Supreme Court Throws Out Bilski Patent 232
USPTO Grants Bezos Patent On '60s-Era Chargebacks 144
Open Source Complaint Against IBM Gets Support 250
Apple Sues HTC Again Over Patents 263
Experts Say ACTA Threatens Public Interest 107
New Zealand U-Turns, Will Grant Software Patents 94
USPTO Lets Amazon Patent the "Social Networking System" 265
US Patent Office Teams With Google On Database 82
Human Gene Patent Challenged In Australian Court 90
Venture Capitalists Lobby Against Software Patents 127
Inventor Sues Because His Invention Is Being Used As a Sex Toy 15
Amazon Seeks 1-Nod Ordering Patent 194
WebM Licensing Problems Resolved 89
Germany Finds Kismet, Custom Code In Google Car 237
India Attempts To Derail ACTA 162
Microsoft Patents "Fonts With Feelings" 150
CSIRO Sues US Carriers Over Wi-Fi Patent 308
Google Describes Wi-Fi Sniffing In Pending Patent 134
Glaxo Open Sources Malaria Drug Search Data 80
Patents On Synthetic Life "Extremely Damaging" 171
Nero Files Antitrust Complaint Against MPEG-LA 247
Stem Cell Patent Halts Hospital's Collection 223
IBM's Patent-Pending Traffic Lights Stop Car Engines 423
MPEG-LA Considering Patent Pool For VP8/WebM 399
German High Court Declares All Software Patentable 330
Microsoft Sues Salesforce.com Over Patents 243
"Fair Trolls" To Fight Patents With Patents 113
Microsoft To Pay $200M In Patent Dispute 81
Firefox With H.264 HTML 5 Support = Wild Fox 477
Amiga Demonstration Helps Win Against Patent Troll 239
What the Mobile Patent Fight Is All About 222
The Parking Meter Turns 75 Today 126
EU Patent Examiners Warn Parliament Will Have "No Power" 99
Can We Legislate Past the H.264 Debate? 310
USPTO Plans Could Kill Small Business Innovation 175
Law Professors Developing Patent License For FOSS 41
AU Optronics Asks For US Ban On LG LCD Sales 155
The MPEG-LA's Lock On Culture 457
Red Hat Prevails Against Patent Troll Acacia 89
The PalmPilots That Never Were 56
Steve Jobs Hints At Theora Lawsuit 686
Microsoft Signs Android Patent Deal With HTC 174
Retiring Justice John Paul Stevens's Impact On IP Law 106
Interactive Exercise Company Sues Nintendo For Patent Infringement 67
Is the Tide Turning On Patents? 172
IBM Patents Optimization 156
IBM Breaks Open Source Patent Pledge 359
Microsoft Sues UK's Datel Over Controllers 109
David/Goliath Story Brewing Between Apple and iControlPad Makers 264
NZ Draft Bill Rules Out Software Patents 194
Multi-Touch Tech Firm Seeks iPad Sales Injunction 148
EU Demands Canada Gut Its Copyright and Patent Laws 324
US District Judge Rules Gene Patents Invalid 263
H.264 vs. Theora — Fightin' Words About Patentability 421
Beware the King of the Patent Trolls 286
De Icaza Says Microsoft Has Shot .NET Ecosystem In Foot 425
Scary Smartphone Motion Control Patent Granted 163
Tridgell Recommends Reading Software Patents 173
Company Sued, Loses For Not Using Patented Tech 631
Wikipedia's Assault On Patent-Encumbered Codecs 428
Is Microsoft About To Declare Patent War On Linux? 204
Nokia Claims Apple Does "Legal Alchemy" To Mask IP Theft 294
Amazon 1-Click Patent Survives Almost Unscathed 117
Jeff Jaffe Named CEO of W3C 145
Nokia Targets Mobile Kinetic Energy Charging 65
Apple's "iKey" Wants To Unlock All Doors 383
Sony Patents Game Demos With Feature Erosion 200
TiVo Time Warp Judgment Affirmed 107
Dr. NakaMats Is the World's Most Prolific Inventor 194
IO Data Licenses Microsoft's "Linux Patents" 197
SCO Zombie McBride's New Plan For World Litigation 193
Apple Sues HTC For 20 Patent Violations In Phones 434
Google Awarded Broad Patent For Location-Based Advertising 54
"Patent Markings" Lawsuits Could Run Into the Trillions 193
Facebook Patents the News Feed 96
Google Looks To Convert Print Pubs Into E-Articles 42
Xerox Sues Google, Yahoo Over Search Patents 202
Microsoft, Amazon Ink Kindle and Linux Patent Deal 161
Patent Markings May Spell Trouble For Activision 82
USPTO's 1-Click Indecisiveness Enters 5th Year 36
Google Patents Country-Specific Content Blocking 106
USPTO To Review Controversial VoIP Patent 35
Bill Gates Knows What You Did Last Summer 303
USPTO Won't Accept Upside Down Faxes 427
MPEG LA Extends H.264 Royalty-Free Period 260
Report Shows Patent Trolls Are Thriving 135
US Dir. of Citizen Participation Patents the News 66
Google Deducing Wireless Location Data 90
Champerty and Other Common Law We Could Use Today 158
Mozilla's VP of Engineering On H.264 675
Motorola Asks ITC To Ban BlackBerry Imports 75
Litigious Rambus Wins Again 161
Microsoft Sues TiVo To Help AT&T 168
Samsung Settles With Rambus In Patent Dispute 71
USPTO Grants Google a Patent On MapReduce 191
IBM Patenting Airport Profiling Technology 129
Apple Seeks To Ban Nokia Imports To US 374
Kodak Sues Apple & RIM Over Preview In Cameras 285
Half of US Patents Issued Out of US For Second Year 90
Microsoft Pulls Office From Its Own Online Store 127
Google Seeking Patent On Ads For Street View 86
Microsoft Patents DRM'd Torrents 193
HP Patents Bignum Implementation From 1912 144
Why Apple Denied the Google Latitude App 308
Microsoft Says Goodbye GUI, Hello MUI 79