An Honest, Law-Abiding Patent Troll?
One patent troll claims that the devil (or maybe Apple) made them do it.
One patent troll claims that the devil (or maybe Apple) made them do it.
SCO, the ultimate patent troll, has come back to life, but is it any worse than other patent lawsuits?
Samsung has won a meaningless ban on last-gen Apple products. Bully for Samsung, but it's time to end the patent wars.
While patent litigation has complicated the mobile software landscape, it has proved to be an ineffective strategy as courts have mostly…
CopyTele is suing Microsoft over patent violations. Is it really defending the little guy as it claims, or just trying to make a buck any…
Ditto, a 15-person eyewear startup, is being sued by a giant competitor over alleged patent infringment. Many believe these kinds of…
Key parts of the America Invents Act (AIA), which came into effect on March 16, 2013, can help software companies protect themselves…
A reintroduced bill might do some good in curbing patent trolls' eagerness to take their cases to court. But it doesn't address the…
A judge just tossed out nearly half of Apple's big win against Samsung, and ordered a new trial. Ouch.
A deceased Dutch social media visionary may have invented Facebook. Oh yeah, and the firm bringing the legal heat also represented the…
An independent developer says that he's built an open-source alternative to Microsoft's exFAT file system, providing companies and…
In 2012, the business of mobile became ... complicated. Between patents fights, security concerns and mobile payments bickering, the…
Apple's nutso legal jihad is melting down.
Here's something to not be proud of: In the U.S. 61% of all patent lawsuits filed up to Dec. 1 were brought by non-practicing entities…
And using bogus patents to hobble competitors is flat-out despicable.
California District Court Judge Lucy Koh is calling for global peace between Apple and Samsung in their interminable patent war. But Koh's…
Good news for holiday shoppers! Microsoft's Xbox game console will continue to appear on store shelves.
Patents make sense in some industries, but not in software.
If Apple and Samsung represent two superpowers in a Cold War, then the ITC is kind of like the United Nations. Yet, instead of ensuring…