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Sky hits out at BBC over web TV funding
British Sky Broadcasting has accused the BBC of "riding a coach and horses" through the nascent market for internet TV by investing licence-fee payers' money in Project Canvas, a planned successor to Freeview.Canvas is a joint venture between the BBC, ITV, BT and Five that aims to bring internet...
Tags: Web TV, British Broadcasting Corp., Sky, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Company News, Joint Ventures, Marketing, New Products & Services, Patents Licensing & Standards, Strategy, Financial Times
External links 2009-10-11
Terminator film rights auction set to test Hollywood's mettle
The rights to the Terminator film franchise will be auctioned this month in a deal that will test Hollywood intellectual property valuations at a time when film industry profits are under pressure from falling DVD sales.The sale, which comes weeks after the rights to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were...
Tags: Hollywood, Auction, Halcyon, Litigation, Cable, Business Operations, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Arts Antiques & Collecting, Company News, Franchises, General News, Marketing, Patents Licensing & Standards, Sales, Financial Times
News items 2009-11-01
Microsoft loses intellectual property case in Beijing
A Chinese court has ruled that Microsoft infringed a Chinese software maker's intellectual property rights in a surprise decision that has renewed worries among foreign patent experts about China's management of IPR disputes.Microsoft's use of two Chinese fonts developed by Zhongyi Electronic , a Beijing-based software company, was not...
Tags: China, Intellectual Property Right, Microsoft Corp., Intellectual Property, Microsoft Windows, Research & Development, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Company News, General News, Law & Legal Issues, Patents Licensing & Standards, Financial Times
External links 2009-11-17
Anti-pirate party
Tech blog Tim Bradshaw: The debate over what to do with those caught swapping music and movies online flared up again this weekend after the FT reported that the UK government was considering accelerating its anti-piracy plans.Recent ministerial changes have given record labels and other rights holders fresh...
Tags: Blog, Government, Piracy, Internet, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Vertical Industries, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Company News, Government News, Patents Licensing & Standards, Financial Times
External links 2009-08-17

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3COM Corporation Aims to Speed "V.PCM" 56 Kbps Draft Standard by Openly Licensing Intellectual Property; 3Com Continues Standards Leadership; Works with Brent Townshend to Make his Inventions Available to All
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 3, 1997--To speed delivery of a draft standard for the new category of 56 Kbps modems, 3Com Corporation (Nasdaq:COMS) has announced that it will continue its support of the standards process by outlining its policy for licensing standards-related patents at low cost to other parties who...
Tags: 3Com Corp., intellectual property, leadership
Research articles 1997-09-03
IEEE alters its standards patent policy to provide fuller disclosure on licensing.(IEEE)
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) has approved a change in its patent policy effective April 30, 2007, that provides for the optional advance disclosure of "not to exceed" licensing terms associated with patents that might be inclu The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) has approved...
Tags: IEEE, patent
Research articles 2006-12-01
Via Licensing Begins Process to Form Wireless Broadband Access Patent Licensing Pool
SAN FRANCISCO -- Call for Essential Patents Will Lead to Joint Licensing of Patents to Enable Products Utilizing the IEEE 802.16 Standard Via Licensing Corporation, in consultation with leading owners of critical intellectual property rights, is pleased to issue the following call for essential patents reading on the IEEE...
Tags: patent, WiMAX, WIRELESS
Research articles 2004-09-27
IEEE Enhances Standards Patent Policy to Permit Fuller Disclosure on Licensing
PISCATAWAY, N.J. -- The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) has enhanced its patent policy by permitting the disclosure of licensing terms associated with patents that might be included in its standards. The policy changes are intended to make the IEEE standards-setting process more transparent and go into effect May 1 at...
Tags: IEEE
Research articles 2007-04-30
LG Electronics Joins Via Licensing's Program Offering a Joint Patent License for IEEE 802.11 Standard; Joint License Available From Six Leading Intellectual Property Owners; Program Extends Incentive Period for Early Signing Licensees
SAN FRANCISCO -- Via Licensing Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of LG Electronics as a licensor in its joint patent licensing program that offers a license for patents that are essential for implementation of the IEEE 802.11 family of standards as defined in the patent license agreement. LG...
Tags: IEEE 802.11, incentive, intellectual property, LG Electronics Inc., patent
Research articles 2005-07-26
AT&T seeks licensing, royalties for G.723 speech compression - videoconferencing algorithms
CORAL GABLES, FLA. - Claiming to hold patents covering the G.728 and G.723 speech compression standards used in videoconferencing, AT&T last week said it would seek licensing deals, which include royalties, with companies implementing the algorithms.
Tags: algorithm, AT&T Corp.
Research articles 1995-08-14
Motorola signs wireless data protocol licensing agreement with Research In Motion
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and WATERLOO, Ontario--BUSINESS WIRE-- Nov. 28, 1995--Motorola's Wireless Data Group and Research In Motion RIM announced today that they have signed an agreement to license essential patents for Motorola's RD-LAPTM and MDC wireless data protocol standards.
Tags: licensing agreement, Motorola Inc., Research In Motion Ltd.
Research articles 1995-11-28
Rambus Q2 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions We'll pause just a moment. We'll go first to Jeff Schreiner with American Technology Research. Jeff Schreiner - American Technology Research, Inc. I was just wondering if we could talk a little bit about the opportunities outside litigation, right now? And what the company sees...
Tags: Rambus Inc.
Earnings calls 2007-07-26
Patent Sharks
Technology firms face a serious menace: patent sharks. These predators collect patents through acquisitions in bankruptcy proceedings, licensing agreements, or their own R&D efforts. They hide their intellectual property--to deliberately trap tech firms into inadvertent patent...
Tags: Markus Reitzig, Joachim Henkel, Harvard Business Review, In Brief, Bagley, Patent
Articles 2008-07-18
Nokia: SUE you, Apple. That's our wireless tech you're infringing on.
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) isn't just the largest mobile phone maker in the world (although, they're bleeding market share like a hemophiliac heavyweight boxer), they also hold a lot of technology patents that make the wireless world go 'round. And, Nokia doesn't like it when other companies use their intellectual property...
Tags: Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Patent, Wireless
News items 2009-10-22
Nokia suit against Apple seen as battle of two Goliaths
By Neil HughesPublished: 07:50 AM EST Apple this week vowed to "vigorously" defend itself against an iPhone-related patent infringement suit from Nokia, the world's largest handset maker.In its annual Form 10-K PDF with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the fiscal year 2009, Apple noted the lawsuit with Nokia,...
Tags: Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple MacBook
News items 2009-10-28
EU regulators close Qualcomm antitrust probe
Regulators from the European Union shut down a four-year antitrust probe into Qualcomm's WCDMA licensing practices. The regulators at the European Commission, the EU's regulatory arm, said the companies that had lodged complaints against Qualcomm for charging excessive royalties on patents had withdrawn their complaints. In closing...
Tags: Qualcomm Inc.
News items 2009-11-24
Nokia sues Apple to regain market share
Nokia and Apple have been locking horns in the lucrative market for sophisticated smartphones for the past two years. Now they are going to slug it out in the courts as well. The patent infringement claim from the world's biggest handset maker, filed in a US Federal court in Delaware...
Tags: Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., Mobile, Apple iPhone, Smart Phone
News items 2009-10-23
IEEE-SA Amends Patent Policy (Electronic News)
The IEEE Standards Association http://standards.ieee.org/ (IEEE-SA) has approved a change in its patent policy. Effective April 30, 2007, the amendment provides for the optional advance disclosure of "not to exceed" licensing terms associated with patents that might be included in its standards. According to the...
Tags: affiliate, patent
Research articles 2006-12-11
Qualcomm's Spinco, TI Sign Cross-License Pact - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article
SAN DIEGO-BASED QUALcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. said they have signed a cross-licensing agreement that covers both firms' patent portfolios. The deal, which includes TI's DSP and analog patents as well as Qualcomm's CDMA patents, will allow both companies to supply ICs for all wireless standards including 3G applications....
Tags: integrated circuit, marketing, patent, Qualcomm Inc., Texas Instruments Inc.
Research articles 2000-12-11
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