Microsoft pushes new website to allow search of more than 40,000 patent combinations-News Center

"Sadie Online News" March 29, according to foreign http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> Media reports, Microsoft announced the launch of a new website in Thursday, The main purpose of the site is to allow anyone to search its 40785 patents portfolio.

Microsoft's new website, named Patent Tracker, provides users with the tools to search for Microsoft patents by patent number and patent name, enabling users to know whether the patent is owned by Microsoft or its son company. Users can also download a CSV file that contains a complete list.

Reducing patent lawsuits is a big problem for Microsoft. Microsoft is not just the owner of many patents, but it is often the target of patent lawsuits. Microsoft has invested heavily in patents to protect itself from lawsuits. At present, Microsoft and Motorola and other companies have patent disputes.

Brad Smith, Microsoft's attorney general, said the move was aimed at bringing greater transparency, which would have made it possible for illegal use of Microsoft patents to know what patents the company had. "One of the basic purposes of the patent system is to provide notification of inventions, not just to inform what has been invented, but also to inform who has the patent," he said. ”

Microsoft wants other patent owners to provide similar windows for their intellectual property portfolios, Smith said. If all patents are searchable, the patent system can be prevented from being abused by so-called "patent rogues". He pointed out that the transparency of patent ownership will prevent the patent rogue to opportunistic.