08.21.09

Robbery in the USPTO, More Software Patent Lawsuits, and Rise in ODF’s Popularity

Posted in Apple, Courtroom, Finance, Fraud, Microsoft, Office Suites, Open XML, OpenDocument, OpenOffice, Patents at 3:05 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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… by Microsoft [ 1, 2, 3, 4 ].

Speaking of companies that received funding from Microsoft, Finjan is one of them [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ] and right now it is suing Microsoft’s competitor, McAfee. It’s about software patents again.

INSECURITY FIRM McAfee has been whacked with an extra $13.7 million in damages because one of its acquisitions infringed patents held by Finjan Software, a Delaware judge has decided.

Finjan is unlikely to ever sue Microsoft, which is …

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06.21.09

Iran Uses Novell and Microsoft Software to Make Bombs

Posted in Asia, Interoperability, Microsoft, Novell, Patents, Security, Servers, SLES/SLED, Windows at 5:58 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… Now, if only they could be sold “peace”, too.

In other security news, Microsoft’s friend Finjan [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ] is warning ( again ) about Windows botnets. From Heise:

Security services provider Finjan has released a report from its Malicious Code Research Center analysing a trading platform for botnets. According to the report, the underground trade in infected computers offers a comprehensive menu of botnets at locations all around the world. Some Far …

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05.08.09

UK-IPO Approves Software Patent as Microsoft and its Lobbies Pressure for Software Patents in EU

Posted in Europe, FSF, GNU/Linux, Law, Microsoft, Patents at 6:49 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… of Symbian and it’s happening again after pressure from all sorts of Microsoft buddies like Finjan [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ] and Steve Ballmer’s occasional lobbying in London. From yesterday in The Register:

Intellectual Property Office approves software patent for UK

[...]

Software that allows programmers to program a mobile phone system remotely from a computer can be patented because it is more than just a software program, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has …

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04.23.09

The Bill Gates “Security as a Lock-in”: Thy Name is TPM?

Posted in Bill Gates, GNU/Linux, IBM, Kernel, Microsoft, Security, Windows at 3:15 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… new report which stems from Microsoft friend and pusher for software patents in Europe (namely Finjan [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 ]), even governments are severely impacted by this.

Botnet ‘ensnares government PCs’

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The Cabinet Office would not give details of what the compromised machines had been instructed to do, nor the names of the different government departments that had been infiltrated.

This one particular report mentions Windows, but many similar reports …

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IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: April 22nd, 2009 – Part 1

Posted in IRC Logs at 2:28 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… schestowitz

It’s just some stupid pro-swpats firm

Apr 22 15:05

schestowitz

IIRC Finjan

Apr 22 15:05

schestowitz

Bunch of self-0serving clowns

Apr 22 15:05

trmanco

time for Microsoft to get ♻

Apr 22 15:05

schestowitz

But they claim governments are affected too

Apr 22 15:05

trmanco

he

Apr 22 15:06

schestowitz

Finjan are related to MS ASAIK

Apr 22 15:06

schestowitz

They also give small numbers

Apr 22 …

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10.02.08

IRC: #boycottnovell @ FreeNode: October 1st, 2008

Posted in IRC Logs at 5:35 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… ease of use and value”

Oct 01 18:48

schestowitz

Do they have patents already.. like Finjan in London, which puts swpatents in the UK, through overseas lawsuits.

Oct 01 18:49

_Doug

Like.. ‘patch management’.. since when was that a thing to boast about..

Oct 01 18:49

_Doug

LIke, how about making a system that don’t fall over without regular patches.. bug fixes ?

Oct 01 18:50

schestowitz

It’s a monthly recurrence: erroneous …

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07.17.08

Red Hat Senior Fights Patents, Microsoft’s ‘Patent Troopers’ Revisited

Posted in Free/Libre Software, Microsoft, Patents, Red Hat, Security at 5:57 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… ridiculous software patents. Here’s the Microsoft-backed patent harasser (maybe troll) called Finjan [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ]. It seemingly tries to legalise or at least legitimise software patents in the UK where it is currently based. It’s getting some undeserved publicity at the moment.

The report includes real documented discussions conducted by Finjan’s researchers with resellers of stolen data and their “bosses”, confirming Finjan’s analysis of the current state of …

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