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Microsoft Sinks Its Teeth into The Linux Kernel

Microsoft Sinks Its Teeth into The Linux Kernel

Over the years relations between software giant Microsoft and the open source Linux operating system have been testy (to say the least), with most of the tension in the last couple years coming at Microsoft’s insistence that elements of the Linux operating system violate Microsoft patents. The Linux community has repeatedly challenged Microsoft to identify any specific instance where Linux infringes on its patents and Microsoft has yet to come forward with any examples…yet the company continues to use apparent strong-arm tactics to get companies to pay Microsoft for immunity from any patent infringement claims…should such litigation ever materialize.

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Canon Takes Over SED TV Joint Venture

Back in 2003, eletronics giants Canon and Toshiba went in on a joint venture to create SED Inc. to develope technology for SED flat panel televisions. SED TVs bear some slight similarities to CRT TVs, except that they have one electron emitter per pixel, rather than one big gun for the entire television screen. In October 2006, the companies announced plans to begin manfacturing SED televisions…and were slammed by a lawsuit earlier this month by Nano-Proprietary, Inc., which claimed the company needed to execute a new license for its technologies included in SED TVs. The rationale: although Canon had licensed Nano-Proprietary’s tech, that license couldn’t be transferred to SED Inc. because Toshiba holds decision-making power over the joint company.  Read more...

Garmin Updates GPS Lines, Goes to Dogs

Garmin Updates GPS Lines, Goes to Dogs

Fresh off a dismissal of some patent infringement claims which left both Garmin and rival TomTom declaring victory, Garmin has announced a major refresh of its GPS product line…including a new product designed to let Fido in on the GPS action.

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HP Sues Gateway For Patent Infringement

Hewlett-Packard Co. filed a patent infringement lawsuit Thursday against Gateway Inc., alleging its rival refused to pay licensing fees on six HP patented designs.

Alleged culprits included laptop hinges, keyboards that require passwords–even the cursor that points to icons on a computer’s video display.

According to HP attorneys who filed in San Diego federal court, Poway-based Gateway paid licensing fees from 1994 to 1999 to Compaq Computer Corp., which HP acquired in 2001. After the first licensing agreement expired in 1999, HP attorneys say, Gateway kept using patented designs but did not pay for them.

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Cirrus Logic and Nvidia settle litigation

In May 2003, Cirrus Logic brought suit against NVIDIA and ATI Technologies Inc. in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, for infringement of a Cirrus patent relating to graphics processor technology. In July 2003, NVIDIA counterclaimed against Cirrus, alleging infringement of patents owned by NVIDIA relating to audio-controller technology.

Under the settlement agreement, all outstanding claims and counterclaims in the lawsuit between Cirrus and NVIDIA will be dismissed. In connection with the settlement, Cirrus Logic will transfer to NVIDIA a portion of its patent portfolio relating to the former graphics products group of its PC products division, a business that Cirrus exited several years ago. Financial terms of the arrangement were not disclosed.  Read more...

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