Neowin News Feed for: Rejected

Rock star asks Rockstar to "go F yourself" for "utterly unacceptable" GTA 6 song offer

Sayan Sen — Mon, 09 Sep 2024 12:16:01 +0000

"Go f*** yourself", is what a rock star told Rockstar after the latter offered to use a song of the band in the upcoming GTA VI. Read more...

UK Government rejects BlackBerry 10 for not being secure enough [Update: refutes "false and misleading claims"]

Andy Weir — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:08:26 +0000

The Communications-Electronics Security Group, responsible for assessing devices for use in UK government work, has rejected BlackBerry 10 for failing to meet its security requirements. Read more...

Microsoft pay-per-use PC Model rejected

Brad Sams — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:46:14 +0000

Microsoft recently submitted a patent application for pay-per-use computing as previously reported on Neowin; that application has already been rejected by the patent office. A letter was given to Microsoft privately before the... Read more...

The Real Reason Why Yahoo!'s Board Rejected Microsoft?

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:49:39 +0000

The embarrassing shareholder class action lawsuit filed by the pensions funds for Detroit policemen and firemen as well as its city workers against Yahoo! spells out not just what it calls a web of cushy... Read more...

Numerous Parts of JPEG Patent Rejected

Christopher Vendemio — Wed, 31 May 2006 18:00:18 +0000

Back in February of this year, the Public Patent Foundation requested that the U.S. Patent and Trademark office re-examine a patent issued to Forgent Networks for the JPEG picture format; a patent used to obtain... Read more...

Linus' Attempt to Trademark "Linux" Rejected

Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:53:26 +0000

In a crucial legal loss for Linus Torvalds, Intellectual Property Australia has ruled that the term "Linux" is just too frequently used on the internet and was not distinctive enough to be trademarked. ... Read more...

Microsoft FAT patent rejected

Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:18:13 +0000

Microsoft's attempt to create a lucrative future revenue stream from its patent portfolio has tripped at the first hurdle. After an appeal, the US Patent Office has struck down Microsoft's '517 patent (USPTO 5,579, 517)... Read more...