Neowin News Feed for: Property

Microsoft purchases 332 acres of land in Loudoun County for $73 million

Ruel Revales — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 08:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has closed a deal to buy 332 acres of land in Leesburg, Loudon County from Peterson Cos. valued at nearly $73 million. The Redmond-based giant is expected to build data centers in the area. Read more...

New Zealand kills off software patents while experts question validity

Paul Ferson — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:50:20 +0000

After New Zealand made the controversial decision to (almost) kill off software patents on Wednesday, experts have expressed doubt at the bill's validity; they question how best it can be enforced. Read more...

Ballmer: Linux Uses Our Intellectual Property, Compensate Us

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 16:18:05 +0000

On the heels of the recent Microsoft / Novell patent and business collaboration announcement, many in the open source community have speculated that Microsoft, feeling the pressure from ever advancing Linux technologies and increasing adoption... Read more...

Fans with LEDs Claimed as Intellectual Property

Thu, 08 Apr 2004 14:56:20 +0000

Antec, a well-known producer of gadgets for making PCs look fancy, claims that computer cooling fans with LEDs is their intellectual property and no other companies are allowed to make or sell them because of... Read more...

Microsoft to license some intellectual property

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:15:48 +0000

Microsoft plans on Wednesday to announce a new program for licensing some of its intellectual property to others in the technology industry. The move, to be announced by general counsel Brad Smith in a teleconference,... Read more...

Your information; your property, your reward?

Mon, 01 Sep 2003 18:50:26 +0000

It's a startling idea: Instead of relying on regulators to protect our privacy against telemarketers, data miners and consumer companies, we should capitalize on the value of our personal information and get something in return.... Read more...

SCO Announces Intellectual Property License for Linux

Tue, 05 Aug 2003 18:20:23 +0000

The SCO Group, Inc., the owner and licensor of the core UNIX® operating system source code, today announced the availability of the SCO Intellectual Property License for Linux®. The run-time license permits the use of... Read more...

Sex.com case seeks to define domain names as property

Fri, 17 Jan 2003 03:35:26 +0000

In what adult Internet search engine Sex.com is calling a partial victory in its case against registrar VeriSign Inc., a federal appeals court has asked the California Supreme Court to consider whether a domain name... Read more...