TomTom
TomTom was sued by Microsoft and eventually paid Microsoft for FAT (filesystem) in Linux. Our posts about the company, in order of relevance:
TomTom CEO Explains Why Patents Are Waste of Time, Money (before the lawsuit)
A Deeper Look at TomTom’s Patent Case Against Microsoft (a lot of analysis and links)
TomTom Sues the “Patent Troll” Microsoft (TomTom countersued before settlement)
Open Invention Network (OIN) Extends The Linux Ecosystem As TomTom Becomes Licensee
TomTomaginot Line: Fighting Microsoft Using Patent Pools (criticism of the above)
Patents Roundup: OIN to Strike Back, Apple Clarifies, Lawsuits Continue, and Turnaround Foreseen
OIN Keeps Its Promise, Strikes Back at Microsoft’s FAT
SFLC: Step Back and Re-think How Friendly Microsoft is to Free/Open Source Software (Updated) (SFLC response to TomTom lawsuit)
Coverage of Microsoft’s Pathetic Patent Attacks on GNU/Linux (SFLC audiocast about TomTom lawsuit)
TomTom Case is Closed, But the Fight Over FAT Can Hurt Microsoft (summary after the settlement)
TomTom Caves; Will Microsoft Start Charging for Mono Next? (the settlement)
Mike Sax and Other Microsoft Lobbyists Spin the TomTom Case in Linux Web Sites/Blogs (Microsoft lobbying from Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) for software patents)
Microsoft Uses Pressure Groups to Push Software Patents Into Europe (more Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) lobbying)
OIN Explains TomTom’s Settlement with Microsoft (and Other Patent News) (important information that came later)
TomTom Paid Less Than €500,000 to Microsoft (more information that came months later)
Patents Roundup: TomTom, The ‘Bilski Test’, Junk Patents, and Ambush
Why Microsoft is Likely to Lose the TomTom Case (Plus Summary) (reaction to the new case that was filed)
Microsoft Interoperability Crushed by the TomTom Case (case impact and lessons)
Patents Roundup: Microsoft’s FAT Ambush, RPX “Protection Racket”, and Life-threatening Patents (Microsoft uses TomTom for taxation many months later)
Microsoft Wants to Make Something Out of Nothing to Fight GNU/Linux
Novell Joins Microsoft Seminar While Microsoft Hits Red Hat with “IP” Slurs (business as usual at Novell, despite lawsuits)
General Electric Joins Microsoft’s Fight Against Free Software (some TomTom updates)
Patents Roundup: Splashtop Encumbered by Patents, Google Linux Phone Sued by Patent Troll, TomTom Update and More
Microsoft’s Racketeering with Patents and Abolition of Software Patents Reexamined (hypocrisy with TomTom remembered)
USPTO Starts Rejecting Software Patents While Germany Mistakenly Overrides the Law and Approves Microsoft’s
Patents Roundup: TomTom, Microsoft, Patent Trolls, Red Hat, IBM, Google, Bilski and Reform
Did Tomboy Learn from TomTom? Project Forked, Moves Away from Microsoft ‘Standards’
European Action Organised Against “Economic Parasite” (Microsoft) After TomTom Lawsuit
Patents Roundup: Reform, Case Against Linux, Microsoft Patent Trolls and More
Quick Mention: Microsoft, Amid/Near Debt, Declares Legal War on Linux
Novell Spreads More .NET in Mac OS X, Windows, Leads to Patent Trouble
Microsoft’s Armament Against Free Software and Other Software Patents News
Bruce Perens Calls Novell a “Highly Paid [Microsoft Mouthpiece”] (role of Novell
Easy-LTSP Dumps Mono/C#, Rewritten in Python Instead
A Look at the Microsoft-funded SCO Lawsuit in Light of Newer Anti-Linux Microsoft Lawsuits (including TomTom)
Another Company Affiliated with Microsoft Sues Red Hat Using Software Patents (Keith Bergelt from OIN makes a remark)
Mono: An Infectious Disease — An Article by Chris Smart (lesson for Novell/Mono, from TomTom)
Treasonous Melco-Microsoft Linux Deal Already Costing Melco Business
Microsoft Uses Pseudo “Open Source” to Fight Against GNU/Linux and the GPL
Patents Roundup: Microsoft Trolls, Lobbyists, and End[ing Software Patents (ESP)]
Jeremy Allison Recommends Passing Mono Software to Basket of Proprietary Software (TomTom as a lesson; see Mono)
Microsoft Moonlight Reaches New Milestone So Microsoft Crowd Rejoices (Moonlight ignoring TomTom precedence)
Fedora “Concerned” About Mono for Legal Reasons, Ubuntu Debate Carries on (Red Hat pays attention)
Announcement: Mono-Free Tomboy Replacement (Gnote) Releases Version 0.2.0 (to be supported by Red Hat)
ZDNet/eWeek Ruins Peter Judge’s Good Article by Attacking Red Hat When Microsoft Does the Crime (some TomTom humour)
Microsoft Tells Antitrust Regulators to Sod Off For Another Couple of Weeks (ECIS mentions TomTom in complaint)
Tax Dodger Microsoft Wants Linux to Pay Microsoft Tax for Storage Devices
Posts categorised as including "TomTom" can be browsed here (latest first, oldest at the end).
Primary posts
Secondary posts (minor updates and mentions)
Posts categorised as including "TomTom" can be browsed here (latest first, oldest at the end).