08.10.15

Finjan, Cisco, JDate and Other Companies Acting Like Patent Trolls; New Threats to Linux

Posted in Apple, Courtroom, EFF, GNU/Linux, Google, Microsoft, Novell, OIN, Oracle, Patents at 7:12 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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… at the time as per the EFF’s much-advertised earlier efforts, dubbed “patent busting”).

Finjan

The Finjan-led patent extortion crusade was mentioned here just weeks ago (they are Microsoft-connected) and now, just weeks later, this firm’s troll entity (Finjan Holdings) gets extortion money from a really nasty company, Blue Coat, which some say the EPO hired to spy on people like yours truly and EPO staff. “Finjan Holdings,” as a trolls expert explains, is “a …

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06.19.15

Microsoft-Connected Patent Aggressor (Finjan Holdings) Hailed by Patent Lawyers’ Site, CEO Phil Hartstein Glamourised

Posted in Microsoft, Patents at 6:46 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Will sue for income

Phil Hartstein, CEO of Finjan (Photo credit: Courtesy), via Times of Israel

Summary : The patent aggressor known as Finjan Holdings (originally subsidised by Microsoft) is celebrated by one of the most overzealous sites of patent lawyers as it continues to sue practicing companies

W E previously wrote about a firm called Finjan, which does much of its business by suing companies, not actually creating …

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11.08.10

Microsoft is Stockpiling and Also Buying More Patents While Microsoft’s ‘Buddy’ Finjan Extorts McAfee With Software Patents

Posted in Microsoft, Patents, Security at 11:28 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… new direction continues to include “enforcement” (as in aggression) with software patents and Finjan, which Microsoft partly owns, is just attacking companies with software patents because it’s failing as a real business

M ICROSOFT is having real problems which we wrote about this morning [ 1, 2, 3 ]. The company needs to find new sources of revenue and patent racketeering [ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ] is just one possible source that would render Microsoft a “patent …

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05.11.16

[ES] Los Maximalistas de Patentes Están Asustados de — y Cada Vez Más Obsesionados Con — Las Invalidaciónes de PTAB (Revisiones Entre las Partes)

Posted in America, Patents at 4:07 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… el juicio de Patentes y Junta de Apelación. HP y Apple tuvieron un mes muy ocupado, mientras que Finjan y Nike estaban en el extremo receptor de la mayoría de las peticiones

Ensayo de Patentes y Apelación de presentación Junta (PTAB) fue de hasta 148 peticiones en abril, según los datos de la base de datos de expediente Navegador.

Este consistió en 136 revisión inter partes (IPR) peticiones, 10 métodos de negocios cubierto peticiones (CBM) y dos peticiones de revisión posterior a …

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05.08.16

Patent Maximalists Are Afraid of — and Increasingly Obsessed With — PTAB’s Patent Invalidations (Inter Partes Reviews)

Posted in America, Patents at 3:25 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… April and year-to-date at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. HP and Apple had a busy month, while Finjan and Nike were on the receiving end of the most petitions

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) filing was up to 148 petitions in April, according to data from the Docket Navigator database.

This consisted of 136 inter partes review (IPR) petitions, 10 covered business method (CBM) petitions and two post-grant review (PGR) petitions.

The number of petitions in April was up from 118 in …

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04.15.16

Nuevas Patentes de Software de Google, Microsoft y Apple, Más Cabildeo de David Kappos (Financiado por Microsoft y Apple)

Posted in America, Apple, Google, IBM, Law, Microsoft, Patents at 7:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… enjuiciando a Symantec. Como un defensor patentes de software lo puso: “Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN), padre de la filial de Finjan, Inc., anunció hace unas semanas que la prueba de Patentes y Junta de Apelación (PTAB) de los Estados Unidos de patentes y Marcas (USPTO) emitió la resolución final de los intentos de los de Symantec Corporation (NASDAQ: SYMC) para invalidar las patentes de 8 Finjan diferentes a través de la revisión de interpartes …

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04.13.16

New Software Patents From Google, Microsoft and Apple, Plus New Lobbying From David Kappos (Paid by Microsoft and Apple)

Posted in America, Apple, Google, IBM, Law, Microsoft, Patents at 8:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… the antithesis of encryption (mass surveillance in real time).

Meanwhile we also learn that Finjan, a Microsoft-connected patent aggressor, carries on suing Symantec. As a software patents proponent put it: “Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN), the parent of wholly-owned subsidiary Finjan, Inc., announced several weeks ago that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) of the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) issued the final rulings on attempts by Symantec …

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01.26.16

The United States’ Patent System Lets Software Patents Rot, as Patent Trolls Take Over the System and Unrest Grows

Posted in America, Patents at 2:58 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

… mentioned some patent trolls that effectively act as Microsoft’s henchmen. We mentioned Finjan in the distant past and recently revisited it. Watch this article which says: “Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN), a cybersecurity company, [subsidiary Finjan, Inc.] today announced that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) for the United States Patent & Trademark Office (USPTO) denied six of Symantec Corporations petitions for Inter Partes Review (IPR) of Finjan patents …

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