Hacker News
- GOOG engineer admits to "strong indication that it is likely" he copied Sun code http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-engineer-admits-strong.html 6 comments
- Texas jury finds Google infringes a patent: $5,000,000 damage award http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/04/texas-jury-finds-against-google-in.html 65 comments
- Microsoft and Google jointly sue a patent troll who has sued 397 companies http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/03/microsoft-and-google-jointly-sue-geotag.html 67 comments
- "Apple denies that its correct name is Apple, Inc. The correct name of Respondent is Apple Inc." http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/11/apple-to-htc-dont-you-call-me-apple-inc.html 7 comments apple
- Motorola Mobility wins an injunction against Apple in Germany http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/11/motorola-mobility-apparently-won.html 8 comments technology
- Samsung facing antitrust investigation in Europe over possible abuse of FRAND patents against Apple http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/11/european-commission-investigates.html 3 comments technology
- Samsung facing antitrust investigation in Europe over possible abuse of FRAND patents against Apple http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/11/european-commission-investigates.html 5 comments apple
- Apple loses iPad design lawsuit against small Spanish tablet computer maker NT-K http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/11/apple-loses-ipad-design-lawsuit-against.html 123 comments technology
- Apple told Samsung it owns a "thicket of patents" and would license only "lower level patents" http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/10/apple-told-samsung-it-owns-thicket-of.html 11 comments apple
- Verizon sides with Samsung against Apple, asks court not to ban four LTE-compatible products http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/09/largest-us-wireless-carrier-verizon.html 11 comments apple
- Samsung cites '2001: A Space Odyssey' movie as prior art against iPad design patent http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/samsung-cites-stanley-kubricks-2001.html 88 comments apple
- Why Samsung was not put on notice before Apple obtained a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the EU http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/why-samsung-was-not-put-on-notice.html 24 comments apple
- Preliminary injunction granted by German court: Apple blocks Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the entire European Union except for the Netherlands http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/preliminary-injunction-granted-by.html 15 comments apple
- Google's new anti-patent stance has four credibility issues -- but not the one many people think http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/googles-new-anti-patent-stance-has-four.html 3 comments technology
- Disgusting. HTC will be 100% banned in the US in 2012, thanks to Apple. Why? Apple had a patent on finding URLs in text messages. http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/these-tables-show-how-android-infringes.html 185 comments reddit.com
- What does $5 buy HTC from Apple? A few songs from iTunes but no patent license http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-does-5-buy-htc-from-apple-few.html 4 comments apple
- These tables show HOW Android infringes Apple's two ITC-beater patents http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/these-tables-show-how-android-infringes.html 20 comments apple
- Apple loses patent troll case in East Texas, $8 million damages determined by jury over downloadable playlists (iPod, iPhone) http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/apple-loses-out-in-east-texas-jury.html 6 comments apple
- Court filing states that Lodsys (patent troll haunting app devs) already gets paid by many companies http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/cost-efficient-way-for-app-developers.html#lodsysgetspaid 22 comments programming
- Court denies Samsung early access to iPhone 5 and iPad 3 http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/06/samsung-has-to-wait-for-ipad-3-and.html 12 comments apple
- Apple enters the fray against Lodsys, files motion to intervene http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/06/apple-enters-fray-against-lodsys-files.html 14 comments apple
- What app developers need to know about Lodsys and the in-app upgrade button patent problem (detailed FAQ) http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/05/what-app-developers-need-to-know-about.html 3 comments programming
- Why patent assertions against little app developers are not a legitimate sale of 'building blocks' http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/05/lodsys-claims-to-supply-building-blocks.html 17 comments programming
- Novell patent deal modified: Microsoft won't get to own any of the patents http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/04/analysis-of-new-novell-patent-deal.html 35 comments linux
- Google's Android faces a serious Linux copyright issue (potentially bigger than its Java problem) http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/03/googles-android-faces-serious-linux.html 8 comments linux
- Remember those 882 patents that CPTN Holdings LLC bought from Attachmate? Turns out Microsoft, Oracle and Apple are behind CPTN. http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/12/cptn-holdings-llc-acquirer-of-882.html 14 comments programming
- ITC staff deals Apple a setback in Nokia patent case: implications for its cases against Android phone makers HTC and Motorola http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/11/itc-staffs-analysis-of-apple-v-nokia.html 3 comments programming
- The US Int'l Trade Commission as a patent enforcement agency; import ban against Motorola Droid possible within 18 months http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/10/us-international-trade-commission-as.html 7 comments programming
- Android caught in patent crossfire: possible escalation; categorized overview of all patents asserted by Apple, Oracle and Microsoft http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/10/android-caught-in-crossfire-of-patents.html 136 comments programming
- IBM's cloud grab: the next generation of the mainframe monopoly -- one box to rule them all (including the assimilation of Linux servers) http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/09/ibms-cloud-grab-next-generation-of.html 12 comments programming
- Many European, Asian and Australian equivalents of patents that Apple, Oracle and Paul Allen are enforcing in US courts http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/08/international-equivalents-of-apples.html 4 comments programming
- Google did NOT argue against software patents in Bilski case, may have to learn the Ellison way (detailed analysis of Google's submission to the Supreme Court) http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/08/googles-bilski-brief-didnt-advocate.html 5 comments programming
- Mainframe hardware 10 times more expensive for legacy than new workloads; the role of Linux on the mainframe (z/Linux) http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/08/two-faces-of-mainframe-different.html 17 comments programming
- Analysis of Oracle vs. Google licensing issues: Java specs; GPL vs. Apache license http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/08/oracle-vs-google-licensing-issues.html 36 comments programming
- Serious questions raised by Oracle patent attack against Google http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/08/oracle-sues-google-says-android.html 31 comments programming
- Western civilization runs on the mainframe http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/08/western-civilization-runs-on-mainframe.html 83 comments programming
- Richard Stallman's Mono and DotGNU patent concerns http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/07/richard-stallmans-mono-and-dotgnu.html 96 comments programming
- German high court declares all software potentially patentable http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/05/german-high-court-declares-all-software.html 60 comments programming
- German high court declares all software potentially patentable http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/05/german-high-court-declares-all-software.html 5 comments opensource
- German High Court declares all software potentially patentable. http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/05/german-high-court-declares-all-software.html 4 comments technology