Stories about: Patents  

The patent system is broken, but at least the really bad patents can be blocked

The hope is that the tool will ensure that fewer poor-quality patents will get approved

The company has an open relationship with the startup

The patent lawsuits have been dropped and a tighter ad deal has been worked out

The company is looking for a way to get out of this and still save face

Yahoo won't be getting much money, but it will be able to put the whole thing behind it

Google has pretty much won the lawsuit, with only some small exceptions

It can drop the patent lawsuit and blame it all on the former CEO

And added two more patents to its lawsuit against the social network

The same patents Microsoft bought just two weeks ago

Twitter is doing the right thing, but it remains to be seen whether others follow

AOL is cashing in on some 800 patents, but a cash infusion may not be worth it

Except perhaps the lawyers which stand to make millions no matter the outcome

The company has to spend huge amounts of money to defend itself from lawsuits

Stabbing one of your only friends in the back could be a solid short-term strategy

The company is giving up on innovation completely to start monetizing its patents

Google works on a way of converting multi-touch trackpad events into touchscreen events