Patent Battles Between Individuals & Corporations

Inc magazine has maintained the archive of a very interesting article about the famous patent battle fought between inventors and the corporations that stole their patented ideas - Patent Fending. This article had appeared in their December 1977 issue but still it is a very interesting read. One of the interesting read is battle between Microsoft and Stac Electronics, a small software company, who was awarded $120 million by Microsoft for infringement of its patent for data-compression technology.