After Microsoft acquired Skype, we looked at a Microsoft patent called “Legal Intercept” meant for monitoring and recording VoIP communications. At that time, there were questions about if Microsoft would ruin Skype by making a backdoor for easy spy and pry government and law enforcement access.
Ms. Smith’s blog
PLANO, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Secure Axcess LLC, a Texas-based company specializing in internet security technology, announced today that Chicago-based Harris Bank and six other financial institutions have settled patent infringement litigation with the …
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Erik Sherman / CBS News:
Amazon Big Brother patent knows where you’ll go — Location tracking has become a hot privacy issue. Google (GOOG), Apple (AAPL), and Microsoft (MSFT) have all stepped into massive PR messes over the question. Now there’s a new entry: Amazon (AMZN). — A patent, made public last week …
BBC:
Amazon reveals its patent lawsuits are on the rise — Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet is subject to a lawsuit filed by SmartPhone Technologies — Amazon has revealed that 11 companies have filed patent lawsuits against it since the start of the year – more than three times as many as in all of 2010.