Microsoft v. TomTom – First thoughts

Today, Microsoft announced that it had filed a legal action with the International Trade Commission (ITC) against automotive navigation systems maker, TomTom for infringement of several different Microsoft patents. Given the size and notoriety of the two companies, it’s clear that this will get a lot more attention the hundreds of [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:14:57-05:00February 25th, 2009|Blog, Patents|

Has anyone actually READ the European Commission’s Open Source Study?

Recently, the tech press and blogging community have been buzzing over a new European Commission report on the economic impact of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) on the European information and communication technologies (ICT) sector.  One thing, however, is notably missing from the online debate over the nearly 300 page [...]

By |2016-12-21T00:15:37-05:00January 23rd, 2007|Blog, Innovation and IP|
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