Score one for the forces of good. Eolas Technologies, which claimed to hold patents on essentially any program which allowed access to the “interactive web” had their claims struck down in a Texas court: An eight-member federal jury in East Texas deliberated Thursday for just a few hours before concluding that all of Eolas’ asserted claims […]
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A German court refused ‘s request to ban Samsung’s altered Galaxy Tab 10.1N Wednesday saying that the tablet had been altered enough to skirt Germany’s unfair competition law. “Samsung has shown that it is more likely than not that the patent will be revoked because of a technology that was already on the market before […]
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Matt Yglesias points out that Apple has a patent on this: Now, this is pretty silly. In the world of software, this is like getting a patent on a doorknob. Sure, a doorknob is a very clever thing. In fact, doorknobs make doors far more useful – without them, we might not even want doors […]
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