Articles about Intellectual Property

Steamboats to software: Microsoft’s Brad Smith mines America’s founding for tech insights

Microsoft is releasing a six-part video series, hosted by President Brad Smith, that uses moments in American history — beginning with patents in Philadelphia and privacy in Boston — to reflect on technology and innovation questions facing the country as it turns 250. Read More

Buckle up: Amazon wages legal war vs. counterfeits and PR battle vs. vestiges of Trump administration

Amazon and luxury retailer Salvatore Ferragamo S.p.A. filed two lawsuits Thursday in federal court in Seattle against four people and… Read More

Redfin co-founder sues company for alleged patent infringement over 3D home tour technology

One of Redfin’s co-founders is suing the high-tech real estate brokerage for patent infringement and intellectual property theft, alleging that… Read More

F5 Networks secures NGNIX software builds as precaution after visit from Russian law enforcement

F5 Networks says it has taken steps to ensure the security of the master software builds for NGINX, the popular… Read More

GeekWire Calendar Picks: Witchcraft and neuropsychology; Jet City Comic Show; and more

— Halloween is just a couple weeks away and the Pacific Science Center is celebrating the holiday with a spooky… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies co-founder leaves Fred Hutch; IPO filing warned of IP risks from dual roles

Dr. Harlan Robins, co-founder and chief scientific officer of Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies, stepped down from his role as head of… Read More

Microsoft vows to cede patent rights to customers for jointly developed technology

Microsoft, which has spent decades building its intellectual property war chest, says it will give ownership of patent and industrial… Read More

Google remembers information wants freedom, reverses decision to force 9to5google.com to change name

Hypocrisy. Google managers should have expected to see that word used a lot to describe their actions had they not… Read More

Amazon files patent to ‘transform’ your entire living room into another reality

Amazon has shown interest in augmented reality for a while, but on Tuesday the company was awarded a set of… Read More

EA’s Madden NFL loses IP lawsuit, could owe $11 million to original programmer

A jury ruled in favor of the original developer and programmer of EA’s massive Madden NFL franchise on Tuesday, awarding… Read More

Untangling Justice: The case of Aaron Swartz

Commentary: I spent much of Saturday trying to reconcile two very different approaches to justice meted out by the Obama… Read More

Microsoft, Apple, others beat Google with $4.5B bid for giant Nortel patent trove

A consortium that includes Microsoft, Apple and Sony bid a whopping $4.5 billion in cash to win more than 6,000… Read More

Google bids $900M for Nortel patents, but Microsoft already has them in the bag

[Post updated at 1:45 p.m. with clarification of Microsoft’s rights to these patents under a previous licensing deal with Nortel.]… Read More