Software patents

Apple Suffers ‘Pinch-to-Zoom’ Patent Setback

Apple has suffered a noteworthy setback after the US Patent Office invalidated its "pinch-to-zoom" patent

12 years ago

Oracle Offers To Drop Three Patents In Push For April Trial Against Google

Oracle could withdraw three patents "with prejudice" to bring forward trial date

13 years ago

Google Snaps Up Cuil Search Patents

Google has confirmed it has purchased seven pending search patents from defunct challenger Cuil

13 years ago

Google Buys 1,000 IBM Patents To Aid Android Defence

Google continues its attempts to shore up Android with the purchase of 1,023 patents from IBM

13 years ago

Microsoft, Apple Consortium Beats Google To Nortel Patents

Google has lost out to a consortium including Microsoft, Apple and RIM for important Nortel patents

13 years ago

Jury Selected For Oracle-SAP Court Room Date

Eight people have been chosen as the jury for the legal tussle between Oracle and SAP, in which the latter…

14 years ago

German Court Declares Software Patents Legal

A German decision has gone against EU policy and advice from open source experts, making software patentable

15 years ago

Free Software Film Slams Absurdity Of Software Patents

Documentary being made freely available online while New Zealand mulls software patent ban

15 years ago