Can Microsoft navigate its way out of this one? Summary: A detailed overview and some analysis of TomTom's countersuit.
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TomTom Sues the “Patent Troll” Microsoft
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A quick glance at TomTom’s response to Microsoft’s lawsuit that jeopardises the GPL and Linux
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Now TomTom Sues Microsoft for Patent Infringement -- Guess Who Their Lawyers Are? MoFo!!!
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Can you believe it? This is so great!! Morrison & Foerster are representing TomTom in a new patent infringement lawsuit TomTom has just filed against Microsoft! I love covering their cases. Patent law is usually soooo boring to me, but these guys will keep me awake, and no doubt if I pay attention, I'll learn a lot.
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TomTom Countersues: Linux And Microsoft Going To War
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This is exactly what we were afraid of. Last month, when Microsoft sued Dutch GPS-maker TomTom on the principle that parts of Linux -- which form the guts of TomTom's device -- violate Microsoft's patents, we hoped for a quick settlement.
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Now TomTom sues Microsoft over patents
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Microsoft Corp. was sued by Dutch navigation-device maker TomTom NV, which claims the world’s largest software maker infringes four of its patents used for automobile navigation.
The suit comes less than a month after Microsoft filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington seeking to block some of TomTom’s U.S. imports.
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Mike Sax and Other Microsoft Lobbyists Spin the TomTom Case in Linux Web Sites/Blogs
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Reasons to be very careful about what one reads about TomTom (Microsoft-sponsored voices are abound)
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Two Quick Words About Microsoft v. TomTom: Think Bilski
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I'm getting a lot of email about Microsoft suing TomTom for alleged patent infringement, first reported by Todd Bishop on TechFlash. I've put lots of links in NewsPicks for you, and here are the two complaints, the regular complaint filed in federal court and the ITC complaint [PDFs]. I'll restrict myself for now to two quick words: Think Bilski
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Enderle on TomTom - Here We Go Again - Updated 2Xs
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Rob Enderle stands up to defend Microsoft, whom he assumes must have valid patents being asserted in Microsoft's patent litigation lawsuit against TomTom. He therefore wants TomTom to just pay up, and he'd like Linux folks to quit being a drama queen about it all. So, I guess that means Enderle still doesn't understand the GPL? You think? Linux folks are not going to be moving on.
Read more »Microsoft sabotaging GPL, claims Samba
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Samba project leader Jeremy Allison has accused Microsoft of trying to prevent people using and distributing software under the GNU General Public Licence, by forcing cross-patent licensing deals.
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Who should Software Freedom sue on FAT32?
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Microsoft owns FAT32, but it didn’t appear to pursue its rights. Until the TomTom case. At which point Jeremy Allison of Samba says Microsoft had secret cross-licensing deals with all those other guys which violate the GPL. So who should Software Freedom sue?
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Linux companies sign Microsoft patent protection pacts
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Microsoft is suing TomTom in part because the guys from Redmond claim that TomTom's use of Linux in its navigation devices has violated three of its file-system related patents. One reason why Microsoft feels it can do this is that it already has patent cross-licensing agreements covering these patents with other Linux-using companies.
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What TomTom suit may really be about
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Cars. Microsoft sees cars as the next frontier for computing. If GPS can remain proprietary open source will lack the enabling technology with which to get into the game.
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Microsoft tax on Linux’s horizon ?
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How can you compete with free ? That’s the question every business publication has been asking to Microsoft lately. Of course priceless software is actractive per-se, so many online journalist and bloggers already foresaw Microsoft’s decline in the OS war.
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Why Microsoft is Likely to Lose the TomTom Case (Plus Summary)
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A very comprehensive summary of the TomTom case and where it may go
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Clubbing the Tom-Tom
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I’ve been doing some research on the issues in Microsoft’s lawsuit against Tom-Tom. Here’s what I’ve found about the patents are at issue in the case...
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