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Posted by Simmone Misra Senior Licensing Executive, Microsoft This morning, we announced a licensing agreement with Aspen Avionics , a manufacturer of general aviation cockpit display systems. What’s noteworthy about the announcement is that it is the first agreement forged by Microsoft in the...

Posted by Jeff Meisner Editor, Microsoft on the Issues House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) paid a visit to Redmond today to tour the Microsoft Home of the Future. In the photo below, Cantor (at left) looks on as Microsoft researcher Hrvoje Benko demonstrates cutting-edge wearable multi-touch...

Posted by Bart Eppenauer & Jason Albert Chief Patent Counsel & Associate General Counsel for IP Policy & Strategy, Microsoft Today is World IP Day , a day to celebrate how intellectual property fosters and encourages innovation and creativity. In honor of this day and the 2012 theme of...

Posted by Jeff Meisner Editor, Microsoft on the Issues Microsoft Media and Entertainment Group Corporate Vice President Blair Westlake testified before the Senate Commerce Committee yesterday regarding the future of video. The hearing was titled “The Emergence of Online Video: Is It the Future...

Posted by Jason Albert Associate General Counsel for IP Policy & Strategy, Microsoft Today, Victoria Espinel, the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator , together with John Bryson, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and David Kappos, the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...

Posted by Mark Whittington General Manager, Worldwide Public Safety & National Security, Microsoft Effective information delivery for both proactive and reactive response is one of the most frequent challenges I encounter across our industry. Sharing critical, real-time situational awareness is...

Posted by Horacio Gutierrez Corporate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft Earlier this week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office released information on its Proposed Patent Fee Schedule . In announcing the Proposed Fee Schedule, Director David Kappos noted that the key principles...

Posted by Fred Humphries Vice President, U.S. Government Affairs, Microsoft Earlier today, Microsoft and Politico hosted a conversation with White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra on the future of technology at Microsoft’s Innovation & Policy Center in Washington, D.C. The event...

Posted by Jeff Meisner Editor, Microsoft on the Issues Blog Ahead of President Obama’s Jan. 24 State of the Union Address, White House Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra will be the featured guest on Jan. 23 at a joint Microsoft- POLITICO “innovation conversation” at Microsoft’s...

Posted by Fred Humphries Vice President, U.S. Government Affairs, Microsoft A new study released yesterday by the American Enterprise Institute confirms the powerful job-creation effects for American workers when well-educated foreign nationals are welcomed into our workforce. According to the study...

Posted by Karen Jones Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, HR Legal, Microsoft Our country’s economic strength relies in significant part on the contributions of the best and the brightest talent from around the world. At Microsoft, we see this every day through the great work of our...

Posted by Rob Bernard Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft As I recently blogged , Microsoft has a delegation participating in the 17 th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, otherwise known as COP17 . With those negotiations ongoing, we thought it was a good time to pull together...

Posted by Rob Bernard Chief Environmental Strategist, Microsoft Microsoft is in Durban, South Africa, this week for the 17 th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, otherwise known as COP17. This year, Microsoft is teaming up with a number of organizations to demonstrate how data visualization...

Posted by Susie Adams Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Federal Greater adoption of cloud computing is considered an inevitable trend by regulators and lawmakers from both sides of the political aisle, according to my fellow panelists at Tuesday’s “@Microsoft Conversations on Privacy”...

Posted by Dan Reed Corporate Vice President, Technology Policy Groups, Microsoft The United States Congress Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction is hard at work on ways to bring our nation’s financial house in order, and drive the economic growth essential to our future. While there are...

Posted by Brad Smith and Horacio Gutierrez Executive Vice President and General Counsel & Corporate Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft Today, Microsoft announced its tenth license agreement providing coverage under our patent portfolio for Android mobile phones and tablets. Today...

Posted by John Seethoff Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft With the approach of Microsoft’s annual shareholders meeting on Nov. 15 th , I am excited to take a look back at some of the recent results of Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to promote the long-term interests...

Posted by Bill Harmon Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit A recent report shows the global cost of cybercrime is greater than the combined effect on the global economy of trafficking in marijuana, heroin and cocaine. That staggering statistic underscores the need for the industry...

Posted by Mike Hintze Associate General Counsel, Microsoft Congress’ interest in privacy continued Wednesday at a hearing held by the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade. I appreciated the opportunity to share with the committee Microsoft’s...

Posted by Scott Charney Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft This week, the House Cyber Security Task Force, chaired by Rep. Thornberry, released its recommendations and report to help guide legislative action on cybersecurity. The Task Force recommendations represent another...

Posted by Josh Henretig Director, Environmental Sustainability, Microsoft Today, Microsoft published a white paper detailing the results of a pilot program on our corporate campus in Redmond, Wash., aimed at using technology to improve the energy efficiency of the buildings on our campus. The paper...

Posted by Brad Smith & Horacio Gutierrez General Counsel & Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft Today, Microsoft announced a patent cross-licensing agreement with Samsung that will provide coverage under Microsoft’s patent portfolio for Samsung’s mobile phones and tablets. The agreement...

Posted by Matt Thomlinson General Manager, Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft Today, I spoke at NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) during the Information Assurance Symposium 2011 on cybersecurity. I started by teeing up two important questions: · What techniques are attackers using...

Posted by Horacio Gutierrez Corporate Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Microsoft For six years, Congress has worked to shape a bill to modernize the U.S. patent system. Throughout this process, Microsoft has been a strong supporter of sensible reforms. Today, the Senate takes up HR 1249...

Posted by Peter Neupert Corporate Vice President, Health Solutions Group, Microsoft The results of a recent peer-reviewed study conducted by Humana Inc . and Wisconsin Health Information Exchange (WHIE), a long-time Amalga customer , are both exciting and important. They’re exciting because...