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Monsanto patents may protect its monopolies

Mar 13, 2010 10:44pm

Monsanto Co., facing antitrust probes into its genetically modified seeds, may benefit from previous court rulings in which intellectual property rights trumped competition concerns, antitrust lawyers say....

Yakov Smirnoff

Mar 13, 2010 7:08pm

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Kroger goes to court over fuel program patent

Mar 13, 2010 6:18pm

CINCINNATI Kroger has filed a federal suit against Excentus Corp., which has demanded the grocer obtain a license to expand its fuel rewards program to Shell stations, according to the Business Courier of Cincinnati....

Monsanto's seed patents may trump antitrust claims

Mar 13, 2010 12:27pm

Monsanto Co, facing antitrust probes into its genetically modified seeds, may benefit from previous court rulings in which intellectual property rights trumped competition concerns, antitrust lawyers say....

Should Microsoft have patented its VPN in the '90s?

Mar 13, 2010 10:06am

One of Microsoft's key defense arguments in the VirnetX patent-infringement case is that it invented similar technology years before the patents were even written....

VirnetX, Microsoft spar over use of VPNs

Mar 13, 2010 6:09am

If you ask VirnetX, Microsoft Office Communicator sets up a virtual private network for secure instant messaging....

Excentus Corp. files suit over fuel program

Mar 12, 2010 11:42pm

Just months after settling a dispute with Safeway over the grocery gianta s use of a fuel rewards program, Irving-based Excentus Corp....

Kroger goes to court over fuel program patent

Mar 12, 2010 7:55pm

CINCINNATI Kroger has filed a federal suit against Excentus Corp., which has demanded the grocer obtain a license to expand its fuel rewards program to Shell stations, according to the Business Courier of Cincinnati....

Monsanto May Have Antitrust Edge as Protecting Patents Trumps Competition

Mar 12, 2010 7:01pm

Monsanto Co. , facing antitrust probes into its genetically modified seeds, may benefit from previous court rulings in which intellectual property rights trumped competition concerns, antitrust lawyers say....

Google, Facebook Sued Because Without Some Random Patent No One Would ...

Mar 12, 2010 6:11pm

Wireless Ink was a company that I remember getting some buzz back in the 2005/2006 timeframe... and then they dropped completely off my radar....

Microsoft tries to poke holes in VirnetX's patent claims

Mar 12, 2010 5:37pm

Even though the judge, in a pretrial "claim-construction" hearing, decided to mostly side with VirnetX in how its patent claims were worded, Microsoft's attorneys on Wednesday used the language to try to pick apart VirnetX's patent-infringement claims ....

Microsoft Loses Another Round in i4i Case

Mar 12, 2010 4:21pm

Datacenter Growth Seen for 2010 [March 8, 2010] A new study finds that IT decision-makers are planning large datacenter rollouts....

Microsoft loses second i4i patent appeal

Mar 12, 2010 3:54pm

According to BBC News , Microsoft has lost its second appeal to overrule the $240 million dollar fine imposed by a US court for copyright infringement....

Case Update: Bissoon-Dath v. Sony Computer Entertainment of America, Inc.

Mar 12, 2010 2:49pm

In the business of video games, intellectual property protection is critical to success, and Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks are the bricks with which your IP portfolio is built....

New Zealand's Internet Filter Goes Live

Mar 12, 2010 2:47pm

New Zealand's internet filtering system went live last month - but the government forgot to mention this to its electorate until its hand was forced by online freedom campaign, Tech Liberty....

E-mail

Mar 12, 2010 2:47pm

While we are all busy discussing Apple suing HTC for patent infringement, we're almost forgetting that Nokia and Apple are also embroiled in about ten million lawsuits going either way....

Nokia Asks Judge to Dismiss Apple's Antitrust Claims

Mar 12, 2010 2:47pm

While we are all busy discussing Apple suing HTC for patent infringement, we're almost forgetting that Nokia and Apple are also embroiled in about ten million lawsuits going either way....

Apple and Nokia duke it out, again.

Mar 12, 2010 2:41pm

SMARTPHONE RIVALS Apple and Nokia look set for a long legal wrangle over an ongoing patent tussle....

Use of Web complicates name suit

Mar 7, 2010 3:09am

The Owl Shop of Worcester, an iconic downtown business that has long been a magnet for area cigar aficionados, is entering the 11th month of a legal dispute with a New Haven cigar lounge and bar over the right to use the Owl Shop trademark....