Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 4th Sep 2009 16:44 UTC
Microsoft has been granted a stay of a landmark injunction in a patent infringement case that would have required the software giant to stop selling its popular Word in its current form by next month. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday granted Microsoft's motion for a stay, pending appeal, of an injunction issued in August by a federal judge that bars sales of Word that include a custom XML code found to infringe on patents held by i4i - the plaintiff.
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RE[3]: Hardly Unexpected
by darknexus on Sat 5th Sep 2009 14:14
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Couldn't have put it better myself, that's certainly how it works here in the states anyway. It might as well be written in stone: Let it be known that those who have the most money, and therefore the most lawyers, will always win since our laws are so full of holes. The only way to correct this situation would be to make the laws so simple everyone can understand them and thus put an end to this business of lawyers BSing around, and to severely punish anyone found taking bribes or otherwise showing favor to one company over the other based upon monetary results. Not going to happen though, not as long as the rich rule since, you know, they have the power to overrule the majority when it suits them.
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Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/13/13 14:35 UTC
The third and final WWDC product I want to talk about is - of course - OS X 10.9 Mavericks. While iOS 7 was clearly the focus of this year's WWDC, its venerable desktop counterpart certainly wasn't left behind. Apple announced OS X 10.9 Mavericks, the first OS X release not to carry the name of a big cat.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/11/13 17:07 UTC
We already talked about iOS 7 yesterday (after a night of sleep, it's only looking worse and worse - look at this, for Fiona's sake!), so now it's time to talk about the downright stunning and belly flutters-inducing new Mac Pro. As former owner and huge, huge, huge fan of the PowerMac G4 Cube - I haven't been this excited about an Apple product since, well, I would say the iMac G4. This is the Apple I used to love.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/10/13 23:13 UTC
Apple held its big keynote event thing at WWDC earlier this evening, but since I was away with friends I've had to read up on it later in the evening. The company announced iOS 7, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, and they gave a preview of the new Mac Pro. Especially the Mac Pro impressed me, and while iOS 7's new Holo/Metro-inspired theme looks messy and garish to me, I do commend Apple for finally breaking the mold. This news item will focus on iOS 7 - I'll dive into the Mac Pro and OS X 10.9 tomorrow (it's late here now).
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/08/13 14:57 UTC
And yes, the PRISM scandal is far, far from over. More and more information keeps leaking out, and the more gets out, the worse it gets. The companies involved have sent out official statements - often by mouth of their CEOs - and what's interesting is that not only are these official statements eerily similar to each other, using the same terms clearly designed by lawyers, they also directly contradict new reports from The New York Times. So, who is lying?
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/07/13 11:40 UTC
This story is getting bigger and bigger. Even though most Americans probably already knew, it is now official: the United States government, through its National Security Agency, is collecting the communications and data of all American citizens, and of non-Americans using American services, through a wide collaboration with the large companies in technology, like Apple, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, and so on. Interestingly enough, the NSA itself, as well as the US government, have repeatedly and firmly denied this massive spying on Americans and non-Americans took place at all.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 06/04/13 12:45 UTC
Ah, patents - the never-ending scourge of the technology industry. Whether wielded by companies who don't actually make any products, or large corporations who abuse them because they can't compete in the market place or because they're simply jerks, they do the industry a huge disservice and are simply plain dangerous. According to The Wall Street Journal (circumvention link), president Obama is about to take several executive actions to address patent trolls - which may seem like a good idea, but I am very worried that all this will do is strengthen the positions of notorious patent system abusers such as Apple and Microsoft.
Linked by nfeske on 05/31/13 10:12 UTC
With version 13.05, the developers of the Genode OS Framework take measures to ensure that Genode continues to scale well with a growing number of users and the steadily broadening platform coverage. Further highlights are the improved SoC support for Exynos 5, OMAP4, Raspberry Pi, i.MX, and new components for realizing headless systems.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/29/13 16:59 UTC
At the D11 conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook once again took the stage to be interviewed by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher. While most of the interview can be replicated by picking and reading 10 random Apple fanblog stories - there were still a number of very interesting things that warrant some closer scrutiny.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/24/13 17:26 UTC
So, the Xbox One disaster continues. Microsoft's policy for dealing with the used games market has reportedly leaked - and it's a clear and direct attack to destroy the used games market. Prices for used games will be set at the retail value of a new game, and retailers have to hook into Microsoft's computer systems and comply with Microsoft's terms and conditions.
Linked by Thom Holwerda on 05/21/13 21:38 UTC
At an event earlier today, Microsoft unveiled the next Xbox - the third model, but confusingly named Xbox One. The big focus was TV, integrated Kinect, and all the other stuff we all expected to be forced down our throats. I think it took them 25 minutes to actually come to what should be the core of the story: gaming. Nothing groundbreaking in the gaming department, except for how Microsoft intends to handle the used games market and borrowing games from friends: pay up, buddy!More Features »
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What I'm really curious about is what Microsoft is going to do to make this go away. I expect they will be buying the company as soon as all the legal hurdles are jumped through. What I don't understand is why they're appealing; couldn't they just pay the fine, buy the company, and move on, with a patent that's been held up in court now neatly tucked under their belt?
It's certainly reasonable to stop sales of an infringing product....happens all the time online via the DMCA.. get ACCUSED of infringement and your ISP lockup your site. Get accused of "ip wrongdoing" in the Apple App store and they shut down your app, refund 100% of the users money and charge YOU the 30% fee. Court judgments destroy companies and their customers all the time unless Microsoft is now "too big to fail"... if that's the case the judge is wrong.
Microsoft has a history of partnering with people, making deals "if something should happen" then sinking the partner so they don't have to share royalty payments. Look at Stacker, Orange, Sun Java, etc, etc. Microsoft was "helping these guys out" then added the exact functionality they knew was patented to Office... It's more than time to shut these Microsoft guys down.
Money is not a valid threat against Microsoft (the $ mean$ money bag$!!!) The P2P kids got sued for more than 20X their "income" over $50 in music files... why isn't Microsoft getting sued for 20x THEIR yearly income... fair is fair under the law, right? That's $200 Billion ... then put Microsoft into bankruptcy directly...that's how P2P infringement is handled!
Microsoft gambled they'd beat the patent rap. Then they gambled they'd only pay fees... for 4 years selling the infringing product (no different than mp3.com, napster or TPB kept on going) It's time the judge stepped up and dealt with IP infringement just as fairly at the TOP of the chain as the bottom. Shut down MS Word until the PLAINTIFF agrees it doesn't infringe! (like Dish VS Tivo) Do this for at least as long as the initial suit took to wind through court!! It will create lots of jobs beefing up alternatives and create real competition again, something nobody else has been able to do yet.