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Salesforce, Microsoft, and Patent 'Alley Thugs'

Friday, 21 May 2010 00:00 CNET

Marc Benioff, Salesforce.com's CEO, uses an earnings call to diss Microsoft and its patent lawsuit.

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End Software Patents Collecting Names of On-the-Fence Decision Makers

Thursday, 20 May 2010 06:59 LWN

End Software Patents is anticipating the US Supreme Court decision in the Bilski case and is collecting names of people that would be good to send a copy of...

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Google Backs Open Codec Against Patent Trolls

Thursday, 20 May 2010 00:00 The Register

'Very confident' in face of Jobsian FUD Google I/O Google is "very confident" that the newly open-sourced VP8 video codec will stand up to the sort of patent attack Steve Jobs warned of...

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HTC Files Patent Complaint Against Apple, Asks for Ban on iPhone, iPad, and iPod

Wednesday, 12 May 2010 03:58 Engadget

We'd been wondering how and when...

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H.264, Patent Licensing, and You

Wednesday, 05 May 2010 02:42 LWN

Engadget tries to clarify the patent situation around the H.264 codec. "So the real choice for most companies is to sign up with H.264 and the MPEG-LA in return for a baseline level of legal pro...

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