Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Apple, Creative Technology settle differences for $100M
Apple Computer and Creative Technology today announced they have settled their lawsuits with one another, disputes that first arose when Creative charged Apple had infringed on patents granted Creative last year, covering key technologies in Apple's iPod devices. The settlement, totaling $100 million dollars, allows Apple to continue to use technology covered by the Creative patents, and has opened the door to Creative-produced iPod accessories. Regarding the settlement, Steve Jobs said in a press release from the company, "Creative is very fortunate to have been granted this early patent. This settlement resolves all of our differences with Creative, including the five lawsuits currently pending between the companies, and removes the uncertainty and distraction of prolonged litigation." Creative's CEO, Sim Wong Hoo, said Creative was "very pleased to have reached an amicable settlement with Apple and to have opened up significant new opportunities for Creative" and indicated the settlement and licensing "will contribute approximately $.85 of earnings per share to our current quarter, ending September 30, 2006."
Technorati Tags: apple, creative technology, intellectual property, ipod
Friday, April 21, 2006
law passed requiring network security
Wireless network security is becoming more important, and the county of Westchester in New York state has passed a law requiring businesses secure their wireless networks to prevent inadvertent disclosure of financial information.
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Technorati Tags: law, networking, security, wifi
Thursday, February 09, 2006
California defines hazardous waste disposal
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Creative awarded key patent for portable devices
Creative Technologies has been awarded a patent on some key technologies contained in portable music devices, such as their Nomad and Zen music players. The patent involves the method by which a user navigates through the various items stored on a device. Creative filed the patent prior to Apple patenting the user interface in their iPod devices, and it is possible that Creative will insist Apple, along with other manufactures of portable music devices, pay royalties to license the technology.
Thursday, August 07, 2003
that'll be twenty-nine and a half million dollars, please...
Wired has an article about yesterday's ruling against eBay in a patent infringement case brought by a Virginia inventor named Thomas G. Woolston. Woolston's company, MercExchange, sought damages from eBay for using patented features in their online product having to do with "fixed price" items ("Buy It Now", etc.). At the conclusion of the five week trial, the judge awarded MercExchange 29.5 million dollars, slightly less than the 35 million dollars awarded by the jury.
IBM countersues SCO over GPL
Following on the heels of this week's announcement by Red Hat to defend Open Source developers against lawsuits such as the one filed by SCO, IBM has countersued SCO. The lawsuit, filed late Wednesday afternoon, contends that SCO has interfered in IBM's business practices and cannot lay claim to parts of Linux that have been released under the GPL. IBM, meanwhile, has won a couple of awards at this week's LinuxWorld, being held in San Francisco.
Monday, August 04, 2003
the Red Hat GPL defense fund
Red Hat, Inc., publisher of Red Hat Linux, has established a fund to defend Open Source software solutions developers from lawsuits such as the ongoing SCO litigation battle. Called the Open Source Now Fund, Red Hat pledged $1M dollars towards defending GPL developers who must defend against infringement claims. The SCO lawsuit was likely to be quite the hot topic at this week's LinuxWorld Expo in San Francisco.
Sunday, July 27, 2003
can't we all just get a GPL?
Intellectual Property attorneys are having a grand time sorting through the back-and-forth bickering between SCO and IBM. Bill Gates has his own observations on the ongoing licensing struggle, and must be pleased with the fact that his own company's licensing troubles are out of the spotlight. So what if the White House is running Linux.
are you a criminal for sharing?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has posted information regarding the lawsuits filed by the RIAA against a number of accused file sharers. They also link to a site dedicated to the defense of the named individuals.
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