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Files Amicus Brief Giving Open Source Perspective in Bilski Case and Supporting the Exclusion on Patenting Algorithms

Raleigh, NC - October 1, 2009 - Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced it has filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court. In the brief, Red Hat explains the practical problems of software patents to software developers.

NEW YORK, NY, July 17, 2009 -- Dow Jones & Company, a News Corporation company (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV), has prevailed in a lawsuit it brought to defend its businesses against unjustified patent licensing demands.

SANTA CLARA, CA, July 14, 2009 -- NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has initially rejected an additional eight claims challenged by NVIDIA in two patents that Rambus has asserted against it in litigation. This follows the USPTO’s rejection last month of 41 other claims in seven patents that Rambus had asserted against NVIDIA.

NVIDIA has compiled a 100 percent success rate at the USPTO in challenges to the claims in the patents asserted against it by Rambus in an International Trade Commission (ITC) action filed in November 2008.

Melco Group’s customers will receive patent covenants for their use of devices running Linux and related open source software

REDMOND, WA and NAGOYA, Japan, July 15, 2009 -- Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Melco Holdings Inc., parent company of Buffalo Inc. and Buffalo Group (“Melco Group”), have entered into an agreement that will provide Melco Group’s customers with patent coverage for their use of industry-leading technologies running Linux and other related open source software.

ST. PAUL, MN, June 23, 2009 -- 3M and 3M Innovative Properties Co. filed a patent infringement lawsuit in federal district court for the District of Minnesota today against EnvisionWare Inc. seeking injunctive relief and damages for infringement. The suit alleges that EnvisionWare’s sale of library systems, including self-service circulation systems and handheld radio frequency identification (RFID) library systems, constitutes infringement of 3M’s patents.

Electronic Frontier Foundation's Patent Busting Project Wins Another Victory for Developers and Innovators

San Francisco, CA, June 16, 2009 -- The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has announced that it will revoke an illegitimate patent on Internet subdomains as a result of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's (EFF) Patent Busting Project campaign.

Open Patent Alliance Expands 4G WiMAX with Addition of Beceem, GCT Semiconductor, Sequans, UQ Communications

SANTA CLARA, CA, June 9, 2009 -- Building on worldwide 4G WiMAX technology momentum, Beceem Communications, GCT Semiconductor, Sequans Communications and UQ Communications have joined the Open Patent Alliance (OPA). Formed in June 2008, the OPA is dedicated to offering intellectual property rights (IPR) solutions that support the development and widespread adoption of WiMAX around the globe, further boosting the open industry standard approach to 4G wireless broadband.

SANTA CLARA, CA, June 8, 2009 -- NVIDIA (Nasdaq: NVDA) today announced that Rambus has asked an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission (ITC) to terminate the investigation of NVIDIA relating to four patents stemming from a complaint filed in November 2008. Rambus has conceded that NVIDIA products do not infringe on its four patents before the ITC, and has also asked for termination of several claims from a fifth patent in the ITC action.

Efforts to Resolve Cross-License Dispute Continuing

SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 16, 2009 -- Intel Corporation today disclosed that the company has notified Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) that it believes AMD has breached a 2001 patent cross-license agreement with Intel. Intel believes that Global Foundries is not a subsidiary under terms of the agreement and is therefore not licensed under the 2001 patent cross-license agreement.