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01/11/05
Top 10 Private Sector Patent Recipients for 2004 Preliminary Rank in 2004 * Preliminary Number of Patents in 2004 * Organization * (Final Rank in 2003) (Final Number of Patents in 2003) 1 3,248 International Business Machines Corporation (1) (3,415) 2 1,934 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (4) (1,774 ) 3 1,805 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (2) (1,992) 4 1,775 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. * (5) (1,759) * 5 1,760 Micron Technology, Inc. (6) (1,707) 6 1,604 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (9) (1,313) 7 1,601 Intel Corporation (7) (1,592) 8 1,514 Hitachi, Ltd (3) (1,893) 9 1,310 Toshiba Corporation (13) (1,184) 10 1,305 Sony Corporation (10)Posted by GEN-ERIC at 01:31:38 pm into the following categories: Announcements 01/11/05
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IBM has decided to let open-source developers use 500 software patents without fear of an infringement lawsuit, a new step in its encouragement of the collaborative programming philosophy. It is a small but significant measure for a company with major efforts to patent its research, then license those patents. However, the vast majority of IBM's 10,000 software patents in the United States aren't being shared so freely. The move follows that of Linux seller Red Hat, a comparatively small company that objects to software patents but allows unfettered use of its own smaller portfolio in open-source software. And Novell, the second-largest Linux seller, has vowed to use its own patent portfolio to deter and counter legal attacks against open-source software. IBM is a vocal champion of Linux and has hundreds of programmers contributing to the development of the operating system. In August, the company pledged not to use its patent portfolio to attack Linux, and in October, the company named former microprocessor chief John Kelly to lead a new intellectual property division. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 11:52:30 am into the following categories: In The News01/11/05
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Business Objects SA said Friday that a federal court has ordered that its patent-infringement suit against rival MicroStrategy Inc. go to trial. Business Objects filed suit in October 2001, alleging MicroStrategy infringed a patent for its business intelligence software. In August 2003, a lower court granted MicroStrategy's motion for summary judgment and dismissed Business Objects' claims. The company said the appeals court found the lower court ruling was incorrect, and that Business Objects could claim infringement on MicroStrategy's part. A trial is expected to take place in U.S. District Court in Northern California later this year, Business Objects said. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 05:10:39 am into the following categories: In The News01/11/05
Creo Inc. responded to Forgent Networks, Inc.'s announcement that it has added the company to its patent infringement actions. Creo and 43 other defendants are being sued by Forgent Networks in the U.S. District Court for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 4,698,672, a patent on parts of the JPEG graphic file format. Creo officials do not believe it infringed the patent in question, and contend that the patent is invalid and unenforceable. Richard Snyder, CEO of Forgent Networks, says his company acquired the patents when it merged in '97 with Compression Labs, and spent $1 million to ascertain their viability. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 04:51:48 am into the following categories: In The News01/11/05
PalmOne's ongoing patent-infringement case with NCR seems to have drawn to a close, with a federal appeals court deciding in PalmOne's favor. The handheld maker said Thursday that a federal appeals court has upheld a ruling that its products do not infringe on two NCR patents. In March 2001, NCR sued Palm and Handspring, alleging that the companies infringed patents for a type of "portable personal terminal." NCR had appealed a district court ruling that sided with PalmOne, the company formed in the merger of Palm and Handspring. Posted by GEN-ERIC at 04:45:48 am into the following categories: In The News
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