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Microsoft files patent suit against TomTom |
Microsoft filed a patent infringement suit against TomTom contending that TomTom is violating eight of its patents. As per Microsoft, TomTom's use of Linux Kernel violates three of the patents. Though the law suit alleges patent violation by the Linux kernel, Microsoft's officials and experts are of the opinion that the suit is a dispute between two companies and does not target the open source community.
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Settlement Agreement upheld by U. S. District Court in "Great Clips" Trademark case
Reinforcing an earlier settlement agreement between Great Clips Inc. and Dalan Corporation (subsequently merged with Great Cuts, Inc) in 1989, which provided for right to use the mark, “Great Clips” by Great Clips Inc. The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in February 2009 upheld the rights of Great Clips Inc to use the mark in Boston market. The Court also dismissed counterclaim of trademark infringement by both the companies.
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US Patent Reform Bill re-introduced
The Patent Reform Act of 2009 has been introduced in the USA Senate on 4th March, 2009. Like the earlier bill, which had lapsed, the bill seeks to introduce various provisions that harmonizes the US law with that in most other countries by introducing first to file system, reasonable royalty provisions and so on. It is believed that the bill if passed would make the process of acquiring a patent easy and prevent frivolous law suits. |
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