Software Patents: Good Idea or Got to Go?
This week, Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen revised a lawsuit accusing nearly everyone on the Internet of patent infringement. The lawsuit involves Android, AOL, Facebook, Flickr, Google, eBay, Netflix, and other companies that Allen feels infringed on several of his patents, including "Alerting Users to Items of Current Interest." Allen and his legal team have even begun to call out each company Read more









