Patents Stories for 2004

India Quietly Introduces Software Patents 221
Small Firm Claims Patents On e-Banking Processes 157
More on the Microsoft v. EU Decision on Software Patents 445
Poland Blocks European Software Patent Vote, For Now 372
Poland Blocks Software Patents in the EU 36
Futures Markets Face Trading Patent Claims 23
Lawsuit Filed Against Software Copyright 417
Software Patents Circumvent European Parliament 378
Argument Held in $565 mil Microsoft Patent Case 256
How to Fix U.S. Patents 471
Patently Silly Blog 11
39 Web-Service Patents Snatched At Auction 12
Expedia Books its First Patent 27
MS Seeks To Patent Education-Feedback Software 197
U.S. to Get New IP Czar 320
Linus, Monty, Rasmus: No Software Patents 301
Open Source Biology Initiative 141
Author of Linux Patent Study Contradicts Ballmer 335
Microsoft Patents 'IsNot', Enlists WTO 720
Amazon Sued For Recommending Books 37
Poland Erases EU's Pro-Software Patent Majority 46
Is The Lone Coder Dead? 809
The Economist on Patent Reform 315
Tech Giants Bankrolling IP Hoarding Start-Up 528
Iraq law Requires Seed Licenses 284
UK Gov't EU Software Patents Public Meeting 17
Microsoft Offers to License the Internet 463
Dell Infringes on Patent by Selling Overseas? 407
Amazon Sued Over Recommendation Patent 283
Microsoft Patents The Broken y-Axis 20
Several Publishers Sued for Infringing 3D Patent 358
Dept. of Homeland Security Enforces Expired Patent 1006
Buy.com Brags About SN+E-commerce Patents 16
NoSoftwarePatents.com Industry Campaign Launches 65
Judge's Ruling Spares 1-Click 120
You Might Be a Microsoft Patent Infringer 102
Tim Bray Finds An Affinity Between Patents And OSS 209
Novell to Defend Open Source Using Patents 230
Sun and Kodak Settle Out of Court 201
Bright LCD Patent Dispute 291
IP's Next Big Wave - Taste & Smell Patents 193
Another Hotspot Redirect Patent Collection Attempt 154
Groklaw Rants On Software Patents 302
Kodak Wins $1 Billion Java Lawsuit 673
Sun Files For Patent on Software Licensing Method 213
Who Can Open Sourcers Support in the CFC? 21
Microsoft FAT Patent Rejected 225
Xybernaut Patents Collar Computer 198
Patent Concerns Unlikely To Nix Munich Linux Plan 244
Congressional Elections - Who's Good for IT Folks? 117
More Calls for Patent Reform 348
The Battle for Iraq's Cell Phones 61
Controller Patent Suit Won Against Sony 38
Report Says Patents Threaten Software Innovation 274
Interwoven Patents Some Aspects Of Image Search 18
RMS On How To Fight Software Patents 259
Altnet Sues Record Industry Over File Hash Patents 283
Microsoft Patents Keyboard Browser Navigation 32
OSI And Microsoft Negotiating Over Sender ID 226
More Microsoft Patents 352
Ballmer on Linux 472
Apache Rejects Sender ID 351
Microsoft Codec Required For Blu-Ray Players 490
New Prior Art Cited In 2nd Eolas Patent Rejection 67
Microsoft Leaves U.N. Standards Group 246
MS Releases License For Sender-ID 242
Microsoft Patents sudo 663
Nintendo Patents Online Console Gaming 395
Two Strikes for Eolas Plug-In Patent 190
Forgent Squeezing Money Out Of JPEG, Other Patents 305
Microsoft Admits Japanese Monopoly Battle Hurting Image 133
Why Consider Linux Kernel Patent Risks? 226
Google and Yahoo Settle Overture Lawsuit 106
Some Of The Lost X-Patents Found 281
Patent Mess May Stifle Australian Software 231
IBM Has 'No Intention' of Using Patents Against Linux 278
Patents Versus Your Health 71
City of Munich Freezes Its Linux Migration 523
Microsoft's Marshall Phelps On Patents And Linux 282
Securing a New Idea for the Public Domain? 20
Linux Violates 283 Patents, says Insurance Company 475
An Insider's View of Software Patents 405
Munich's Linux Migration Raises EU Patent Issues 164
Microsoft Wants More Credit for Inventions 422
Creative Pressures id Software With Patents 339
Maybe Software Patents Won't Kill FOSS After All 305
Toyota Patents Winking, Laughing, Crying Car 484
Microsoft Pockets Patent for Encouraging TV Viewing 266
GIF Support Returns to GD 364
Microsoft, Apple Sued Over Software Update Patent 532
HP Memo Predicts MS Patent Attacks on Open Source 330
The Difficulties of Patent Busting 159
Japanese FTC Warns Microsoft 204
The Good Old Patent Law - Revisited 178
Intermec Claims RFID is Proprietary 210
EU Ministers Went Off-Brief In Patent Vote 290
GIF Slips Away From Unisys; Your Move, IBM 609
Amazon Patents Getting Numbers Off a Check 43
IP-Based Location Determination Patented 36
Seagate Accuses Cornice of Patent Infringement 153
Dutch Parliament Reverses Software Patent Vote 301
Microsoft Patents Grouped Taskbar Buttons 714
EFF's Patent Busting Targets Nintendo, Solitaire Patents 21
EFF, PubPat Each Seeking Some Patent Sanity 201
Washington Mutual Patents the Bank Branch 291
Profiting From A Vague Patent HOWTO 309
Cisco Sued over OFDM Wireless Standards 142
Microsoft Patents The Body Bus 508
Open Source Life? 418
Australia to Vote on Extending IP Laws 12
UK Firm Patents Software Downloads 56
EFF Runs Patent-Busting Challenge 173
Ralph Baer - The Father of Videogames? 41
Australia-US Free Trade Agreement Examined 308
United Video Properties Nabs TV Playlist Patent 7
NewsForge On U.S. Advice To EU On Software Patents 221
Microsoft Patents The Task List 730
Blackberry In Court Again Over Patents 185
Parties Behind Eolas Patent Reexam Revealed 84
Theaters vs. Camcorders, Round 27 351
FTC to Examine Patent Application Process 307
Microsoft Receives Patent For Double-Click 836
McAfee Granted Far-Reaching Spam-Control Patent 449
Europeans, Tweak Your Representatives On Patents 234
Clear Channel Buys Patent For Instant Live CDs 342
Xerox Patent Ruled Invalid, palmOne Exonerated 154
Monsanto Wins Case Over Patented Canola 599
Intel Sued for Patent Infringement 263
European Council Approves Software Patents 482
Germany to Vote Against Software Patents in the EU 617
Apple Files Patent for Translucent Windows 845
Cisco Applies For Patents To Secured TCP 290
Professor and Student Thwart P2P File Sharing 382
EU Moves Toward Software Patents 322
Microsoft Assembles Patent Arsenal for Longhorn 571
MSNBC Looks At Patent Abusers' Victims 231
Microsoft Patents Timed Button Presses 552
Smart Breeding to Beat Biotechnology? 322
JPEG Patent Could Impact The Gimp 301
31 Lawsuits Filed Over Alleged JPEG Patent 471
EFF To Fight Dubious Patents 140
PUBPAT Challenges Microsoft's FAT Patent 396
Inside Look at Patent Examination 214
AMD, Intergraph Settle Patent Lawsuit 9
Microsoft Pays $440M to License InterTrust Patents 169
Second Round of EU Patent Fight, Coming Up 188
Demonstration Against Software Patents in Europe 374
Handling Accusations of Trademark Infringement? 108
Sun and Microsoft Make Nice 152
Intel, Intergraph Settle In Hyperthreading Suit 13
Amazon Awarded Cookie Patent 79
Subdomains Part Of The Patent Frenzy 356
PanIP Drops E-commerce Patent Lawsuits 104
Apple Tries to Patent iPod User Interface 426
Creative Commons -- Now With More Science 13
Prior Art for Hyperlink Order Tracking in Email? 44
New Patent Legislation Makes Some Headway 227
Pop Up Ads in Space 393
Kodak Sues Sony Over Digital Camera Patents 364
Feds Reject Eolas Browser Plug-In Patent 269
NEC Demands License Fees For Carbon Nanotubes 103
DRM Technology To Be Added To MP3 Format 515
Intellectual Property Laws bad for business 293
Amazon Sued for Patent Infringement 304
Microsoft Seeks Patent On Virtual Desktop Pager 716
FTC Dismisses Complaint Against Rambus 175
DVDCCA Claims Patent on CSS 227
Microsoft Receives XML Patent 441
TVI to Sue Over MS Autoplay Feature 408
Whose Prior Art Filing Triggered Eolas Reexam? 136
Five PC Vendors Face Patent Lawsuit 337
Computer Solitaire Patented? 102
Microsoft Holds Off on Eolas Patent Changes 239
Suggested Reading for IP Lawyers? 64
USPTO Grants CA Lawyer Domain-Naming Patent 387
Wi-Fi Redirect Gateway Patent for Hotspots 172
Machine Vision Patents Thrown Out 248
IBM Patents Method For Paying Open Source Workers 426
All Encompassing Patents 283
FFII vs. Amazon Gift Ordering Patent 159
Jakob Nielsen Defends "1-Click" Patents 36
Microsoft Patenting Office XML Formats 455
Perens on Patents 366
MS Files For NZ Patent On XML Word Processor Files 60
URLs Patented, Domain Registrars Sued 650
Eolas vs. Microsoft Verdict Stands, Despite ReExam 55
TiVo sues EchoStar for Patent Infringement 476
Canon of Important Software IP Cases? 23