Webpage and e-commerce patents

Oracle's CMS patent

• http://www.cmswatch.com/Trends/314-Oracle-joins-insane-CMS-patent-race
• http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/2004-06-17-000/

Microsoft's webpage layout patents

In May 2010, Microsoft sued Salesforce.com for infringement of nine patents, including patents on:

• system and method for providing and displaying a Web page having an embedded menu
• method and system for stacking toolbars in a computer display

Related pages on ESP Wiki

• The Patented Webshop
• Litigation and specific patents
• Tim Berners Lee on software patents
• Divine e-commerce patents
• Newegg - a company that has taken many trolls to court, and usually wins
• Example software patents
  • Audio-video patents
  • Business method patents
  • Financial transaction patents
  • Image processing patents
  • Micro-blogging patents
  • Security, encryption and spam solution patents
  • XML patents

External links

• Facebook Patents The News Feed, Feb 2010
• Internet Software Patents, Philip Greenspun, 2008
• Microsoft sues Salesforce.com over patents
• Chilling Effects: E-Commerce Patents
• Newegg appeals a patent infringement decision, 21 Sep 2010, Internet Retailer
• Kodak's patent spat threatens photo web sites, 21 Dec 2010, BBC
  • Discussion: Slashdot