Software Patent News October 2006

What happened in October 2006 concerning software patents and related topics: Latest news linked to dossiers and tutorials provided by FFII and a community of wiki editors. 2006-10-30 EU EgovMonitor: European innovation policy must take small businesses on board

2006-10-30 US Prnewswire: Workbrain Stands Behind Its Innovative Workforce Management Products and Intellectual Property

2006-10-30 CN Xinhuanet: New U.S. system to review software patents

2006-10-30 US Patently-O: NY Times Editorial on Patent Law

2006-10-30 US BusinessWire: Park City Group Aggressively Defends Its Intellectual Property

2006-10-30 US bloggingstocks:msft: Microsoft and AT&T patent dispute could impact the industry

2006-10-30 US Slashdot: An Argument Against Software Patents

2006-10-30 UK Outlaw: Landmark ruling denies UK patent to document assembly

2006-10-30 EU Bloomberg: Qualcomm Faces EU Probe Into Cell-Phone Patent Fees, People Say

2006-10-30 US LATimes: Editorial: No business patenting vague methods

2006-10-30 EU Heironymouscoward: Whats wrong with software patents? 2006-10-26 EU Cordis: Patents key to unlocking Europe’s knowledge economy

2006-10-30 US Information Week: How To Avoid The Patent Trap

2006-10-29 UK Sunday Herald: Patent error stunts high-tech start-ups (Scottish tech companies spending too much time, energy, resources securing patents)

2006-10-29 UK IPKat: Court of Appeal rules on Computer Prog and Business Method Patents

2006-10-28 UK IP Geek: British Court of Appeal reviews business method and software patents (Simmons & Simmons’ analysis)

2006-10-27 UK UKPO: Court of Appeal Judgment on Patentability of Computer Programs and Business Methods

2006-10-27 US AP: U.S. Supreme Court intervenes in Microsoft, AT&T patent fight

2006-10-27 US CNet: Supreme Court to review Microsoft patent appeal

2006-10-28 UK FT: Software ruling deals blow to inventors (Aerotel and Macrossan; subscription required)

2006-10-27 UK Bailii: England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division) Decisions on Aerotel Ltd. v Telco Holdings Ltd

2006-10-27 UK The Register: Appeal court ruling sets marker on UK software patents

2006-10-27 UK ZDNet: Attempt to patent form-filling program rejected

2006-10-26 EU Seobythesea: Flickr Interestingness Rankings Patents Released

2006-10-26 EU Bloomberg: U.K. Court Rejects Bid for Patent on Document Creation Process

2006-10-26 EU Bloomberg: U.K. Court Rejects Patent for Form Creation Process (Update1)

2006-10-26 UK FFII UK: Court of Appeal Judgement in Macrossan and Aerotel

2006-10-26 KR The Korea Times: MS Dominates Patents, Blights Competition

2006-10-26 UK FFII: Software Industry prepares for key UK patent ruling this Friday

2006-10-25 EU Edri: ENDitorial – Regulating the Patent Industry

2006-10-25 EU EUObserver: Europe faces surge in patent applications

2006-10-25 EU Horns: EPO Patent Examiners on Strike Again

2006-10-25 US Slashdot: SGI Sues ATI for Patent Infringement

2006-10-24 US Suntimes: Ocean Tomo makes splash in patent market

2006-10-24 EU Commission: Communication from the Commission to the European Council (Informal meeting in Lahti – Finland, 20 October 2006) an innovation-friendly, modern Europe

2006-10-24 US Silicon.com: IBM sues Amazon over IP infringement

2006-10-24 US Business Week: Firms to submit patents for ‘peer review’

2006-10-24 UK The Age: Patents get their just desserts

2006-10-23 US Newsfactor: IBM Sues Amazon over E-Commerce Patents

2006-10-23 IL Globes: Patent Registrar: Business methods cannot be patented

2006-10-23 US PFF: Patent, Copyright as Monopoly a ‘Rhetorical Flourish’ (“Intellectual property promotes innovation, not market monopoly”, SourceWatch reference)

2006-10-23 US Slashdot: Microsoft Releases Patent on SenderID

2006-10-23 US InternetNews.com: IBM Sues Amazon

2006-10-23 US New York Times: I.B.M. Sues Amazon Over Technology Patents

2006-10-23 US Lenz: Tax Law Patents

2006-10-23 US Slashdot: IBM Sues Amazon For Patent Infringement

2006-10-21 EU Forbes: EU SUMMIT Barroso to submit new patent plans by next spring

2006-10-21 US Slashdot: Patents on Tax Reduction Strategies a Problem

2006-10-20 US IHT: Patent law is getting tax crazy

2006-10-19 US BusinessWeek: Like Father, Like Son At Qualcomm

2006-10-19 EU Cordis: Commission seeks fast track to unlocking Europe’s innovation potential

2006-10-19 US GovExec: Agency will test community reviews of patents

2006-10-19 US TCSDaily: Glasnost in Armonk (-> TCS)

2006-10-19 EU BusinessUpdated: Ways to improve patent protection in the EU

2006-10-08 EU Lasp: MEPs stupid…EPLA is a good step claim patent attorneys….make your mind up.. 2006-10-19 US LocalTechWire: Software Inventions: Are They Worth Patenting?

Software Patent News September 2006

What happened in September 2006 concerning software patents and related topics: Latest news linked to dossiers and tutorials provided by FFII and a community of wiki editors. 2006-09-29 EU Corante: SHiFT: Dannie Jost – Patents and software

2006-09-29 US DigitalSilence: Gif Format is finally patent free

2006-09-29 US TheChannelInsider: OSDL: Patent Infringement Not a Real Open-Source Threat

2006-09-29 EU Greens-Efa: EU patent law: EU Commission must not introduce EU patents by the backdoor

2006-09-29 EU Mueller: Ever more warnings against EU software patents by EPLA back door

2006-09-29 EU Mueller: Commissioner McCreevy recognizes legitimacy of our doubts and concerns about the EPLA

2006-09-29 EU TheRegister: Commissioner says EU patent doubts ‘legitimate’

2006-09-29 EU ITWorld: European Commissioner outlines software patents plans

2006-09-29 DE Heise: EU Commissioner announces comprehensive patent policy initiative

2006-09-29 US Slashdot: The Gif Format is Finally Patent-Free

2006-09-29 EU ThomasNet: Ending of the Format War before it’s really begun

2006-09-29 EU UEAPME: Patent litigation agreement is not a substitute to a comprehensive patent policy

2006-09-28 EU Eureporter: Parliament split over McCreevy software plans

2006-09-28 EU IT Industry Association warns MEPs about dangers of proposed European patent courts

2006-09-29 EU ComputerWorld: European commissioner outlines software patent plans

2006-09-28 IN India Times: Patenting is not a numbers game

2006-09-27 IN MoneyControl: Gathering steam (comments about Indian patent system)

2006-09-26 EU EU Observer: MEPs set for scrap on EU patents

2006-09-26 WW New York Times: Hoping to Be a Model, I.B.M. Will Put Its Patent Filings Online

2006-09-26 EU EU Observer: MEPs set for scrap on EU patents

2006-09-25 US CCIA: CCIA Warns Against Handing Innovation Policy to Patent Institutions

2006-09-25 US NYTimes:Hoping to Be a Model, I.B.M. Will Put Its Patent Filings Online

2006-09-25 EU Euractiv: EU braced for patent-battle revisited

2006-09-25 EU Sys-con: European Software Patents Boxing Match: Round 2

2006-09-25 EU UNU-MERIT: European public research performs better than thought (“Improving Indicators could ease comparisons”)

2006-10-02 IN Outlook India: He’s Got An Idea (Microsoft lobbying for software patents in India)

2006-09-21 EU BetaNews: The European Patent Debate – Who Decides What’s a Patent? 2006-09-22 EU Florian Müller: ID group in the EP filed motion calling for balanced patent policy, criticizing the EPLA

2006-09-22 EU The Register: Software patents back to haunt Europe

2006-09-21 EU ag-IP-news: European Patent Controversy Heating Up Again

2006-09-21 EU Slashdot: EU Software Patent War Ignites Again

2006-09-21 US Slashdot: US Software Patents Hit Record High

2006-09-21 EU Greens/EFA: Proposed patent litigation scheme would be a blow for Europe’s SMEs

2006-09-21 EU ZDNet: Software patent war ignites again

2006-09-21 US Lenz Blog: American Software Industry Not Dead Yet

2006-09-20 AU Mondaq: Genesis Of Confusion In Business Method Patents Decision (Patents to have to produce some “useful product”, some physical phenomenon or effect resulting from the working of a method)

2006-09-21 EU GUE/NGL: Proposal on patents is undemocratic and dangerous – Guidoni

2006-09-21 EU FFII: Commission unable to answer MEPs on Patent Litigation Agreement

2006-09-20 EU EPP: EPLA new chance for a European patent regime

2006-09-19 WW 271-Blog: Have Patents Killed the Software Industry in the U.S.? Hardly. (summary of and link to several recent papers)

2006-09-14 US PUBPAT Launches Software Patent Watch

2006-09-20 EU PSE: Outrage as McCreevy exposes firms to risk of €415,000 legal bills

2006-09-20 US VNU Network: US software patents hit record high

2006-09-19 WW CNet: Stallman: OSDL patent project ‘worse than nothing’

2006-09-19 UK Out-Law: Document creation system awaits patent judgment

2006-09-17 EU IPEG: Who is going to Stop Europe’s Patent Troll?

Software Patent News August 2006

What happened in August 2006 concerning software patents in Europe and related topics: Latest news linked to dossiers and tutorials provided by FFII and a community of wiki editors. 2006-08-29 US TheRegister: Patent rulings could destroy open source software

2006-08-28 ZA OSS group claims Microsoft patent victory (MS-XML-patent)

2006-08-31 US Forbes: The Problem With St. Ignucius (predicting that Stallman will loose DRM+patent clauses)

2006-08-26 US Businesswire: Sisvel and Audio MPEG Grant Creative an MPEG Audio Patent License

2006-08-26 US Nwsource: Internet Privacy: At risk, online

2006-08-26 US Stepforth: Some Buzz on Google’s New Patent

2006-08-26 US Ajc: Tech innovations swamp U.S. patent office

2006-08-26 US eWeek: Software as a Service Not Completely Worry-Free

2006-08-26 US P2P-hackers: Altnet attacks Streamcast with hash patent

2006-08-26 IN TechnologyReview: India’s 10-Year Patent Drive: The West begins licensing Indian-born inventions

2006-08-26 US Technocrat: E-Learning Takes Software Patent Hit

2006-08-26 US Cantonrep: Did company ‘invent’ e-learning concept? 2006-08-26 US OregonLive: Online education patent tests boundaries

2006-08-26 US Dslreports: Dish Ordered to Disable DVRs

2006-08-26 KR Yna: Google faces patent-violation suit in S. Korea

2006-08-26 US Wired: Patent Fight in Online Academia

2006-08-26 US USAToday: Who invented e-learning? A patent dispute shakes up academic computing

2006-08-28 US Boston: Patent fight rattles academic computing

2006-08-28 NZ Computerworld: Open Source Society claims patent win

2006-08-25 US c10n: What’s up with the JPEG patent company Forgent

2006-08-25 US c10n: Another ‘Magic’ Compression Patent: Claims 1.28GB on a Floppy

2006-08-25 US Slashdot: Patent Law Ruling Threatens FOSS

2006-08-24 WW ZDNet UK Opinion: Apple’s misplaced Creativity

2006-08-24 US WebProNews: Google Patents Editorial Favorability

2006-08-22 IN Silicon: Asian firms ‘starting to see the value of IP’

2006-08-22 IN ZDNet Asia: Asia warms up to IP

2006-08-24 US Itnews: Microsoft loses “product activation” patent suit, owes US$142 Million

2006-08-24 US Forbes: Roundup: Singapore Creative’s prospects still shaky despite patent victory

2006-08-24 US P2pnet: Dangerous Patent Law’ warning

2006-08-24 US Law: The Future of Obviousness

2006-08-24 US Silicon: Apple settles Creative patent spat for $100m

2006-08-24 US Ag-ip-news: AirDefense Awarded Third Seminal Patent for Wireless Intrusion Prevention

2006-08-24 US Betanews: Patent Ruling Against Microsoft Upheld

2006-08-24 US eWeek: New Google Patent Hints at Direction of Social Search

2006-08-24 US The Inquirer: Microsoft and Autodesk lose product activation patent suit

2006-08-24 US Slashdot: Apple Settles Creative Lawsuit for $100 Million

2006-08-24 US ZDNet Asia: Patent verdict against Microsoft, Autodesk stands

2006-08-24 US New York Times: Apple Settles Patent Dispute With a Rival

2006-08-24 US BBC: Apple in $100m iPod patent deal

2006-08-24 US vnunet: Microsoft’s loses product activation legal patent battle

2006-08-23 US Red Herring: Patent Scare for Open Source

2006-08-23 US EFF: Dangerous Patent Law Ruling Threatens Free and Open Source Software

2006-08-23 US LinuxInsider: Seeking Common Ground in Open Source Licensing Debate

2006-08-23 US iTnews: Microsoft loses “product activation” patent suit, owes US$142 Million

2006-08-23 US The Inquirer: Microsoft and Autodesk lose product activation patent suit

2006-08-23 US PCWorld: Patent Trouble For SQL Server?

Software Patent News July 2006

What happened in July 2006 concerning software patents in Europe and related topics: Latest news linked to dossiers and tutorials provided by FFII and a community of wiki editors. 2006-07-31 EU Ag-ip-news: FSF Should Stand Firm on Patents Despite Pressure from Large Corporations – Mueller

2006-07-31 EU The Lawyer: IP, IT & telecoms

2006-07-31 EU The Lawyer: Nascent patents

2006-07-31 US Psfk: Friendster’s bid to patent social networking

2006-07-31 US TechRockies: TensorComm Expands Patents

2006-07-30 US Signon Sandiego: The battle over 3G technology is creating… 2006-07-29 EU TopTechNews: Linux Creator Slams GPL3 License

2006-07-28 EU Peer To Patent: Red Hat to Support Community Patent Review Initiative

2006-07-28 EU IP::JUR: EU IP Enforcement Directive: More Background Information

2006-07-28 EU IP::JUR: Red Hat, Inc., Agreed to Become a Lead Sponsor of and Participant in the Community Patent Review Initiative

2006-07-31 EU Florian Mueller’s Blog: GPL 3: FSF should stand firm on patents no matter what HP and other large corporations say

2006-07-31 EU ZDNet: Torvalds criticises GPL revisions

2006-07-31 EU WhatPC: Torvalds slams ‘religious’ GPL3 open source licence

2006-07-31 IN BusinessWire India: Netalter Patent Claims to Offer an Alternative Internet Operating System

2006-07-31 KR Bilaterals: A Korea-U.S. trade agreement: what is at stake? 2006-07-30 US Ag-ip-news: McAfee Granted Patent for Restricting Network Access by Applications

2006-07-30 MY LocalFOSS: Malaysian FOSS and Free Trade Agreements

2006-07-29 UK MarketingVOX: Podbridge Gets Patent for New Ads in Old Content

2006-07-29 EU IP Watch: A Look At The EPO Project On The Future Of Intellectual Property

2006-07-28 EU ZDNet: Controversy over GPLv3 draft reflects the ‘incompatibility’ of DRM with open source

2006-07-28 EU Internet.com: HP Not Happy About Patents in GPL 3

2006-07-28 EU Newsforge: OSCON day four: Zen and tomatoes

2006-07-28 EU InformationWeek: Apple’s Copy Protection Isn’t the Problem

2006-07-28 EU IP::JUR: Red Hat, Inc., Agreed to Become a Lead Sponsor of and Participant in the Community Patent Review Initiative

2006-07-28 DE PC Welt: Court finds Microsoft infringed AT&T codec patent

2006-07-28 DE PC Welt: Office users may need to add software fixes

2006-07-28 DE PC Welt: Appeals promised against Microsoft XML patent

2006-07-28 DE PC Welt: IP lawyers: Injunction possible in Lucent Xbox suit

2006-07-28 DE PC Welt: UPDATE – RIM settles NTP patent fight

2006-07-28 WW University of Michigan Law School: Patents and Diversity in Innovation (conference, Sept 29-30, program)

2006-07-28 US Linuxworld: Second GPLv3 draft tones down DRM language

2006-07-28 US Newsforge: Eben Moglen explains highlights of GPL3 second draft

2006-07-28 US Mediainfocenter: Friendster Patent on Linking Web Friends Could Hurt Rivals

2006-07-28 US Informationweek: Microsoft Patent Envisions Free Hardware, Software

2006-07-27 US FSF: Guide to the new drafts of the GPL and LGPL

2006-07-27 US TradingMarkets: Omniture Buys 9 Patents From IBM – Quick Facts

2006-07-27 US Devxnews: GPL 3: Making Room on Patents, DRM

2006-07-27 US Unmediated: Effects Of Friendster Patent Win Yet to be Seen; Company Weighs Options

2006-07-27 US Marketwire: Omniture Expands Patent Portfolio With Purchase of Nine Patents From IBM

2006-07-27 US Businesswire: PivX Solutions Files for Patent Protection and Discloses New Inventions

2006-07-27 US Gisuser: LandVoyage Awarded Patent for Online Mapping Functions

2006-07-27 US Iptv-news: Telchemy Awarded Two New Patents in VoIP and IPTV Performance Management

2006-07-27 US Bizjournals: Blackboard wins patent for Internet education technology

2006-07-26 US Internetnews: Will All Software Go Open Source? 2006-07-26 US Windowsfordevices: Windows Embedded devices gain Java lifecycle management technology

2006-07-26 US Linuxdevices: Linux devices gain Java software lifecycle management technology

2006-07-26 US Zdnet: AlwaysOn: Open source and patent trolls

2006-07-26 US Tradingmarkets: Blackboard Granted Patent On E-Learning Technology – Quick Facts

2006-07-26 US Upi: U.S. firm gets aggresive on MP3 patent

2006-07-26 US Zdnet: Patent amnesty for Java phone updates

2006-07-26 US Itbusiness: Leading Tech Companies Unite to Boost OSGi Technology with Royalty-Free Patent Pledge

2006-07-25 US Consumerelectronicsnet: SigmaTel Continues Aggressive Enforcement of Its Global Intellectual Property Strategy

2006-07-25 EU EuroOSCON: EU Software Patents Reloaded

2006-07-25 US Wpherald: BlackBerry maker refocusing strategy

2006-07-25 US Law: Cell Phone Billing Company Reaches $87M Settlement in Patent Case

2006-07-25 US Datacollectiononline: Symbol Technologies And Intermec Resolve All Outstanding Intellectual Property Disputes

2006-07-25 IN Eetasia: MIT boosts India’s IP rights enforcement

2006-07-24 US Businesswire: Migo Software Signs Agreement With TSR Storage; Migo Forms an OEM Partnership With TSR Storage for Hard Disk Drive Products

2006-07-24 EU Computerworld: Second draft of GPL 3 due out Tuesday

2006-07-23 US BlackEnterprise: Patent Defense: NetMoneyIN is in the Sole Business of Protecting Its Internet Creation

2006-07-23 JP Redding: Patent may limit PlayStation fun

2006-07-24 US Newsforge: Open-Source Lab Joins IBM, USPTO to Improve Software Patents

2006-07-22 EU Patent Baristas: The Future of Patent Policy In Europe?

Software Patent News June 2006

What happened in June 2006 concerning software patents in Europe and related topics: Latest news linked to dossiers and tutorials provided by FFII and a community of wiki editors. 2006-06-30 US Enterprise OpenSource Mag: Red Hat & JBoss Sued for Patent Infringement

2006-06-30 US Slashdot: Red Hat Sued Over Hibernate ORM Patent Claim

2006-06-28 US Cio: Palm Pays Xerox $22.5M to Settle Patent Clash

2006-06-28 US InformationWeek: Palm, Xerox Settle Patent-Infringement Suit

2006-07-03 DE Heise: Dutch parliament opposes criminalization of violations of intellectual property across the EU

2006-06-30 CA Ottawa Business Journal: Mitel embroiled in patent dispute with Avaya

2006-06-30 EU Techspot: Red Hat sued by Firestar over patent infringement

2006-06-30 EU Out-law: Open source firm Red Hat sued in patent case

2006-06-30 EU Mueller: Patent infringement suit filed against Red Hat

2006-06-30 US Slashdot: On Software Patent Lawsuits Against OSS

2006-06-30 US Technocrat.net: The Monster Arrives: Software Patent Lawsuits Against Open Source Developers (by B. Perens)

2006-06-29 NL FFII: Dutch Parliament says no to European criminal law against IP violations

2006-06-28 US Patently-O: Red Hat Faces Patent Infringement Suit

2006-06-28 US Ipfrontline: Patent Terrorism – Terror of the Intangibles

2006-06-28 US IHT: The foolishness of stifling creativity

2006-06-27 EU IT World Canada: European firms shy from ‘one patent’ regime

2006-06-27 WW FFII: Internet standards process undermined by software patents

2006-06-26 US CNET: U.S. Supreme Court to weigh standards for patent “obviousness”

2006-06-26 US Tech News World: Millions of Patents, Applications Dodge a Bullet

2006-06-26 US Techworld: What is Visto’s game? 2006-06-26 US CNNMoney: Who’s afraid of Nathan Myhrvold? 2006-06-26 US IT World: Prospects fading for single European patent regime

2006-06-26 US Reuters: Finisar wins $78.9 mln in patent case against DirecTV

2006-06-26 MY TMCNET: Patent & FTA (these Open Source developers risk getting arrested for violating the FTA)

2006-06-26 US eCommerce Times: Patent Activist Florian Mueller Shares EU Secrets

2006-06-26 US BusinessWeek: Inside Nathan Myhrvold’s Mysterious New Idea Machine

2006-06-26 US Slashdot: An inside look at Intellectual Ventures

2006-06-23 US Blackenterprise: Plaintiff Seeks $1.6B in DirecTV Patent Trial

2006-06-23 US Law.com: Why Is Microsoft Wooing Startups and Small Businesses? 2006-06-23 EU EuObserver: The intellectual property challenge

2006-06-23 EU Macsimumnews: Intel Patent reveals virtual machine geared for consumer desktops

2006-06-23 EU Tradingmarkets: France Telecom And Ericsson Sign Patent License Agreement Under Turbo Codes Licensing Program – Quick Facts

2006-06-23 US LinuxWorld: Open Enterprise: Patent overload hinders open source innovation

2006-06-23 CA The Globe and Mail: Visto: ‘We were earlier to this party’

2006-06-23 US The Mac Observer: Intel Patent Application Sheds Light on Virtualization

2006-06-23 DE Uni-protokolle: Siemens maintains leadership in global and U.S. patents

2006-06-23 EU IT Week: Software piracy rampant in the EU

2006-06-22 US Trading Markets: France Telecom And Ericsson Sign Patent License Agreement Under Turbo Codes Licensing Program – Quick Facts

2006-02-22 US Reuters: U.S. high court dismisses LabCorp patent case (Supreme Court refuses to rule on patentable subject matter; 3 judges dissent)

2006-06-22 US Patently O: Exhale – Supreme Court Dismisses Metabolite Controversy

2006-06-22 EU IP::JUR: Mr. Charlie McCreevy, European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, on Intellectual Property

2006-06-22 EU European Commission: McCreevy on The Commission’s work programme for 2007 at the JURI committee

2006-06-21 EU Blackentertprise: EC to Hold Public Debate on Patent Policy

2006-06-21 US TMCNET: Start planning early to avoid costly patent legislation

2006-06-21 US LBS zone: Acacia Technologies Acquires Patent Portfolio for Telematics Technology

2006-06-21 US COPAN Systems Secures Patent for Key Innovations in Its Enhanced MAID Storage Platform

2006-06-21 US Digital Media Net: Microsoft, NEC to expand business partnership in networking, servers

2006-06-21 US Biz.yahoo: NeoMagic(R) Corporation Announces Agreement to Sell Four Patents

2006-06-21 US Slashdot: Slashback: Sidekick Justice, Free WebTV, Office Patent

2006-06-20 EU The Register: EC schedules public hearing on patents

2006-06-20 EU Ag-ip-news: European Commission Holds Public Hearing on Future Patent Policy

2006-06-20 EU Business Updated: The future of EU patent policy

2006-06-20 US P2Pnet: MS goes down in patent appeal

2006-06-20 US News.digitaltrends: Verizon Drops VOIP Patent Suit on Vonage

2006-06-20 US The Inquirer: Microsoft paid millions for my Office code

2006-06-20 US TMCNET: Fusion Seeking Patent to protect its New Peer-to-Peer VoIP Service

2006-06-19 US Gamasutra: Mobile Game Analysis Firms Commence Litigation

2006-06-20 EU Horns: EU: Discussions on Criminal Measures Aimed at Ensuring the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights

2006-06-20 US IT News: Microsoft loses Office patent appeal

2006-06-19 EU Forbes: EU to hold public hearing on future patent policy on July 12

2006-06-19 IN Business Wire India: NetAlter Software’s ICC Based Alternative to Internet System Seeking International Patent

2006-06-19 IN ZDNet India: NetAlter Softwares ICC Based Alternative to Internet System Seeking International Patent

2006-06-19 US Devicelink: The Changing Patent Landscape

2006-06-19 EU Out-law: Yahoo!