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Microsoft claims that free and open-source software violates 235 of its patents, according to a published report. In an interview with Fortune magazine, Microsoft top lawyer Brad Smith alleges that ...

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The latest General Public License is expected to be approved in the next few months, and its patent-safety provision may further muddy the Microsoft patent issue The expected approval of the GPLv3 ...

Recent patent applications filed by Microsoft are routine moves and don't reflect a change in the company's position on Extensible Markup Language, according to a spokesman for the software maker. As ...

The U.S. patent system needs to be reformed, says Microsoft, which spends millions of dollars a year fighting intellectual property lawsuits. Brad Smith, general counsel for the software maker, on ...

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Inventors at Microsoft in a U.S. patent describe a "foldable display device," but it looks very much like a mobile phone. The patent assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC in Redmond was ...

If you're wondering whether Microsoft has its boxers in a bunch over the open source software threat, this week's news left no doubt. In an interview with Fortune, MS Chief Counsel Brad Smith claimed ...

Microsoft won a patent dispute this week over technology that helps computers boot up faster. The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, charged Microsoft with ...

To some observers, Microsoft Corp. seemed to have an odd sense of timing when it complained recently that open-source projects have allegedly violated 235 of its patents. At the same time, Microsoft’s ...