IBM, Oracle and SAP sued over server software patents

Implicit Networks demands royalties

By John Oates, 21st July 2008

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Seattle firm Implicit Networks is suing Adobe, IBM, Oracle and SAP for patent infringements.

Implicit Networks accuses the four of infringing two separate patents related to speeding up security processes on servers.

The company wants a royalty payment and is not seeking to stop sales of the products, which include IBM's WebSphere Application Server, Oracle's Application Server, SAP's NetWeaver and Adobe's JRun and ColdFusion software, according to Bloomberg.

Back in February Implicit filed against AMD, Intel, Nvidia, RealNetworks and Sun over a different alleged patent infringement. ®

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Posted Tuesday 22nd July 2008 09:33 GMT

amanfromMars

Flaming News

"I vaguely remember a similar case about 6/7 years ago - someone set-up a company and was trying to persuade a court that they were the owners of a patent that someone else was supposed to be infringing. I think that the people concerned dissappeared owing millions in unpaid legal fees after failing to win their case." .... By Tony Posted Monday 21st July 2008 16:17 GMT

Tony,

The corollary of that tale is that you will make a fortune if you use a patent which would no longer stand up in the courts....... for of course, as Time and Space have moved on and Intelligence has Grown with ITs Sharing, are old Agreements to Monopolise the Wealth in Free Thought by Denying ITs Third Party Application, Challenged as being Grossly Unfair and Criminal.

MS Defender of the Indefensible.....Take a Bow. .... and Take a Back Seat in the Dock, alsjeblieft.

Posted Tuesday 22nd July 2008 08:43 GMT

Kym Farnik

Remember SCO?

Ha Ha - look what happened to SCO.

These guys are toast!

Posted Tuesday 22nd July 2008 00:06 GMT

Tony

Hmmm

Look at the Implicit Networks website - does that say to you, "genuine, upstanding, professional company" or does it conjure up an image of someone trying it on?

I vaguely remember a similar case about 6/7 years ago - someone set-up a company and was trying to persuade a court that they were the owners of a patent that someone else was supposed to be infringing. I think that the people concerned dissappeared owing millions in unpaid legal fees after failing to win their case.