patent wars

See the following -

Google, Business, And Open-Source Patent Protection

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols | ZDNet | March 29, 2013

Google has just pledged that it won't sue other companies over open-source patents if they don't sue Google first, but this is actually a long established policy. Now if it could only stop the patent wars. Read More »

Legal implications of patenting EHR & PHR ideas

Bailey McCann | CivSource | October 9, 2012

MMRGlobal, another US based health care company recently announced the expansion of its patented suite of electronic health care tools. The announcement is notable as patent wars have been an ongoing issue in the broader IT community for several years Read More »

Microsoft and Apple unleash thermonuclear war on Google & Android

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | ZD Net | November 4, 2013

Former Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs didn't like Android and he told his biographer Walter Isaacson that he would "destroy Android" because it was "a stolen product" and said that he was "willing to go thermonuclear war" on the platform... Read More »

Patent War Goes Nuclear: Microsoft, Apple-Owned “Rockstar” Sues Google

Joe Mullin | Ars Technica | October 31, 2013

Rockstar paid $4.5 billion for Nortel patents and has launched a major attack. Read More »