If Judge Jackson is forced to make a ruling with no out-of-court settlement, most commentators agree it could open the way to a lengthy process of appeals and counter-appeals. The courtroom proceedings re-open as out-of-court settlement...
Recording industry officials said they saw some good in the ruling, but that they too would immediately appeal to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. As such, it could provide new leverage for file-swapping companies such as Grokster, Streamcast and...
We need to be persuading our ministers to take a more robust line, particularly Lord Sainsbury, who is in charge of patent policy," said Allan. But Intellect, a body representing the UK IT and telecommunications sectors, has given warm support to...
While some of them clearly make sense, often these criteria favour larger companies and smaller companies cannot even get a look in. Another consulting house, Exoftware, provides mentoring for companies who want to change the methodology of their...
A "final" decision isn't completely final, as NTP has the right to appeal those actions to a three-judge panel at the Patent Office, as well as to a federal appeals court, before the patents are struck down.
The company's actions in pursuing standardisation prompted protests outside a plenary ISO session in Oslo earlier this month. Mason said Microsoft's actions to push through the standard showed that the ISO fast-track accreditation process was...