Microsoft’s previous shuffling of logistics center workers out of country to the Netherlands because of the ongoing patent lawsuit with Motorola got a little more concrete today. The court overseeing the patent battle has ruled in Motorola’s favor, saying that Microsoft infringes on Motorola’s IP, specifically one patent relating to the h.264 codec. While Motorola can’t begin enforcing the ruling yet due to their own anti-trust investigation(s), it...

Since Apple didn’t have a fun childhood (or iPhones), they have to take the fun out of ours! If it isn’t one thing it is another with this company. Now, I am a huge Apple fanboy — have been since my Dad’s Apple deuce years and years ago, 20+ years in the making to be the stuck up snob I am today…But this is just getting ridiculous. Yes, their app rejection has become a little less fascist if you will, but it seems they do more and more to stop...

I’m really getting sick and tired of tech companies (or any company for that matter) hiding behind the false guise of “protecting investors’, shareholders’, and consumers’ interests when suing other competing companies. If you cut through the BS, it comes down to this: the lawsuit-happy company can’t or doesn’t want to innovate (read: spend more money than it needs to) and instead is looking to sue their competition out of...

Patent infringement is something that giant tech companies fight day in and day out. Whether it’s in self defense from a competitor or protecting their own interests, the modern tech company will unavoidably spend a fair amount of company resources on patents and infringement. Without getting too political or diving deep into the catacombs of lawyer speak, we’ll simply state the infringement claims against HTC according to Apple, then point out how it’s...

In this day and age, it’s becoming an increasingly common trait to misuse and confuse copyright law in the digital age. The simple matter of it is, you cannot place rules, business models, or regulations that were designed decades ago for physical goods on digital ones today. But alas, it is what it is. With that, we end up where we are today — Microsoft apparently realizing Android is a growing threat and instead of actually keeping their head down and...