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  • Texan firm sues whole security world

    Swathe of major security providers cited in patent infringement case. A small Texan firm has taken on the mightiest corporations from across the security and anti-malware industry, launching a patent infringement suit against most of the major players in the field. The company, Information Protection and Authentication of Texas LLC (IPAT), holds a pair of…

  • Trend vs. ClamAV patent row hots up

    Free software advocates call for boycott of Trend. With legal proceedings ongoing between Trend Micro and gateway appliance specialist Barracuda Networks , concerning Barracuda ‘s implementation of the free, open-source AV software ClamAV and Trend ‘s claims to patents on the use of anti-virus scanners to check email, a Dutch organisation promoting free and open-source…

  • Barracuda battles Trend Micro patent claims

    Trend demands licensing for gateway virus scanning idea. Barracuda Networks has announced it is fighting a legal battle against Trend Micro , who has claimed US patent rights to the concept of scanning traffic passing through network proxies for malware. A licensing issue has been running between the two firms since late 2006, when Trend…

  • Microsoft files further adware patent

    User behaviour monitors could be used to target ads. Following a patent application disclosed some months ago , details have been released of another adware scheme patented by Microsoft . This time, the idea is to monitor the behaviour of users to deduce the kinds of advertising that would be most effective at any given…

  • Microsoft files adware system patent

    Ads could be targeted at users based on local system data. Microsoft has filed a patent application for a new method of targeting advertising, using information on the contents of a local computer rather than interactions with the web. While most current advertising relies on watching an individual’s web browsing habits, selecting the type of…