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NewsCould Microsoft's TomTom Suit Spell Trouble for Linux?

Posted 02/28/09 at 07:09:26 PM by Pulkit Chandna

Microsoft recently slapped TomTom with a patent infringement suit. The Redmond-based tech behemoth has claimed that TomTom’s devices are in direct violation of eight of its patents.

Some fear Microsoft’s suit against TomTom may be a straw in the wind, as three of the claims are related to the use of the Linux kernel. Microsoft’s lawyer Horacio Gutierrez tried to dispel such misgivings. He told Cnet that the claims pertaining to the implementation of “file management techniques used in the Linux kernel” are only specific to TomTom.

He insisted that Microsoft is not going to mount a massive legal assault against the open-source community. Jim Zemlin, the Linux Foundation’s executive director, also feels that it is unfair to jump to conclusions about the scope of this lawsuit. Gutierrez and Zemlin certainly don’t think that Microsoft’s suit against TomTom is an indicant of trouble for the open-source community. What do you think?

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TAGS  microsoft, Software, case, linux, legal, open-source, law, infringement, patent, suit, litigation, tomtom, claim, lawyer, file management
FROM THE ARCHIVELegit and Illegitimate Streaming Music

Posted 01/24/08 at 10:36:40 PM by Erin Simon

Last.fm offers free streaming full-length songs on demand with the studios' blessing, while Seeqpod the music search engine gets sued.

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TAGS  Internet, streaming, music, Licensing, copyright, law, license, infringement, deal, on demand
FROM THE ARCHIVEScrabulous: I-N-F-R-I-N-G-I-N-G ?

Posted 01/14/08 at 07:47:12 PM by Erin Simon

Popular Facebook application Scrabulous faces the wrath of Hasbro over possibly infringing Scrabble's trademarks

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TAGS  game, copyright, law, facebook, infringement, trademarks, trade dress, idea, process, scrabulous, scrabble
FROM THE ARCHIVEColleges as Copyright Cops?

Posted 11/15/07 at 01:39:28 PM by Erin Simon

A new federal financial aid bill includes unprecedented copyright provisions calling on universities to curb students' filesharing.

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TAGS  RIAA, mpaa, copyright, P2P, law, education, bill, infringement, enforcement, college, university, financial aid
FROM THE ARCHIVEFair Use in Filtering

Posted 11/04/07 at 10:51:13 PM by Erin Simon

Copyright-maximalist and fair use-protecting principles for filtering user-generated content for copyrighted material butted heads this week.

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TAGS  Google, copyright, law, filtering, infringement, youtube, fair use, user-generated content, eff
FROM THE ARCHIVESecond-Guessing the RIAA Jury's Verdict

Posted 10/07/07 at 09:05:04 PM by Erin Simon

The RIAA won its first jury trial targeting P2P users for copyright infringement, but the case might not be over yet.

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TAGS  RIAA, lawsuit, verdict, copyright, P2P, law, infringement, making available, kazaa, jury
FROM THE ARCHIVEPremier Pretends to Patent Playlists

Posted 09/16/07 at 09:10:21 PM by Erin Simon

A company has filed suit against a number of media and hardware producers alleging that they infringed its patent in the idea of putting music in a playlist. Really!

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TAGS  lawsuit, patents, law, infringement, antitrust, patent, playlist, prior art, sherman act
FROM THE ARCHIVECopyright Infringement Goes Meta

Posted 09/02/07 at 09:32:13 PM by Erin Simon

Viacom sends a DMCA takedown to a YouTube user for pirating material Viacom had pirated from him first. Infringement is a two-way street.

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TAGS  star wars, piracy, copyright, law, infringement, youtube, viacom, commercial, fair use
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