TomTom

TomTom was sued by Microsoft and eventually paid Microsoft for FAT (filesystem) in Linux. Our posts about the company, in order of relevance:

Primary posts

 * TomTom CEO Explains Why Patents Are Waste of Time, Money (before the lawsuit)
 * A Deeper Look at TomTom’s Patent Case Against Microsoft (a lot of analysis and links)
 * TomTom Sues the “Patent Troll” Microsoft (TomTom countersued before settlement)
 * Open Invention Network (OIN) Extends The Linux Ecosystem As TomTom Becomes Licensee
 * TomTomaginot Line: Fighting Microsoft Using Patent Pools (criticism of the above)
 * Patents Roundup: OIN to Strike Back, Apple Clarifies, Lawsuits Continue, and Turnaround Foreseen
 * OIN Keeps Its Promise, Strikes Back at Microsoft’s FAT
 * SFLC: Step Back and Re-think How Friendly Microsoft is to Free/Open Source Software (Updated) (SFLC response to TomTom lawsuit)
 * Coverage of Microsoft’s Pathetic Patent Attacks on GNU/Linux (SFLC audiocast about TomTom lawsuit)
 * TomTom Case is Closed, But the Fight Over FAT Can Hurt Microsoft (summary after the settlement)
 * TomTom Caves; Will Microsoft Start Charging for Mono Next? (the settlement)
 * Mike Sax and Other Microsoft Lobbyists Spin the TomTom Case in Linux Web Sites/Blogs (Microsoft lobbying from Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) for software patents)
 * Microsoft Uses Pressure Groups to Push Software Patents Into Europe (more Association for Competitive Technology (ACT) lobbying)
 * OIN Explains TomTom’s Settlement with Microsoft (and Other Patent News) (important information that came later)
 * TomTom Paid Less Than €500,000 to Microsoft (more information that came months later)
 * Patents Roundup: TomTom, The ‘Bilski Test’, Junk Patents, and Ambush
 * Why Microsoft is Likely to Lose the TomTom Case (Plus Summary) (reaction to the new case that was filed)
 * Microsoft Interoperability Crushed by the TomTom Case (case impact and lessons)
 * Patents Roundup: Microsoft’s FAT Ambush, RPX “Protection Racket”, and Life-threatening Patents (Microsoft uses TomTom for taxation many months later)
 * Microsoft Wants to Make Something Out of Nothing to Fight GNU/Linux
 * Novell Joins Microsoft Seminar While Microsoft Hits Red Hat with “IP” Slurs (business as usual at Novell, despite lawsuits)
 * General Electric Joins Microsoft’s Fight Against Free Software (some TomTom updates)
 * Patents Roundup: Splashtop Encumbered by Patents, Google Linux Phone Sued by Patent Troll, TomTom Update and More
 * Microsoft’s Racketeering with Patents and Abolition of Software Patents Reexamined (hypocrisy with TomTom remembered)
 * USPTO Starts Rejecting Software Patents While Germany Mistakenly Overrides the Law and Approves Microsoft’s

Secondary posts (minor updates and mentions)

 * Patents Roundup: TomTom, Microsoft, Patent Trolls, Red Hat, IBM, Google, Bilski and Reform
 * Did Tomboy Learn from TomTom? Project Forked, Moves Away from Microsoft ‘Standards’
 * European Action Organised Against “Economic Parasite” (Microsoft) After TomTom Lawsuit
 * Patents Roundup: Reform, Case Against Linux, Microsoft Patent Trolls and More
 * Quick Mention: Microsoft, Amid/Near Debt, Declares Legal War on Linux
 * Novell Spreads More .NET in Mac OS X, Windows, Leads to Patent Trouble
 * Microsoft’s Armament Against Free Software and Other Software Patents News
 * Bruce Perens Calls Novell a “Highly Paid [Microsoft Mouthpiece”] (role of Novell
 * Easy-LTSP Dumps Mono/C#, Rewritten in Python Instead
 * A Look at the Microsoft-funded SCO Lawsuit in Light of Newer Anti-Linux Microsoft Lawsuits (including TomTom)
 * Another Company Affiliated with Microsoft Sues Red Hat Using Software Patents (Keith Bergelt from OIN makes a remark)
 * Mono: An Infectious Disease — An Article by Chris Smart (lesson for Novell/Mono, from TomTom)
 * Treasonous Melco-Microsoft Linux Deal Already Costing Melco Business
 * Microsoft Uses Pseudo “Open Source” to Fight Against GNU/Linux and the GPL
 * Patents Roundup: Microsoft Trolls, Lobbyists, and End[ing Software Patents (ESP)]
 * Jeremy Allison Recommends Passing Mono Software to Basket of Proprietary Software (TomTom as a lesson; see Mono)
 * Microsoft Moonlight Reaches New Milestone So Microsoft Crowd Rejoices (Moonlight ignoring TomTom precedence)
 * Fedora “Concerned” About Mono for Legal Reasons, Ubuntu Debate Carries on (Red Hat pays attention)
 * Announcement: Mono-Free Tomboy Replacement (Gnote) Releases Version 0.2.0 (to be supported by Red Hat)
 * ZDNet/eWeek Ruins Peter Judge’s Good Article by Attacking Red Hat When Microsoft Does the Crime (some TomTom humour)
 * Microsoft Tells Antitrust Regulators to Sod Off For Another Couple of Weeks (ECIS mentions TomTom in complaint)
 * Tax Dodger Microsoft Wants Linux to Pay Microsoft Tax for Storage Devices

Posts categorised as including "TomTom" can be browsed here (latest first, oldest at the end).