CAD/Courthttp://www.cadcourt.comCAD Industry Litigation Trackeren-USCopyright 2008 Owen Wengerdadmin@adskvoda.comHeard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2010-01-05): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2010/01/update-what-the-courts-decision-means.html' title='Legalese has its own meanings, and so I asked a lawyer what the final decision on Adesk vs SW meant.'>Update: What the court's decision means</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 06 Jan 2010 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=166Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2010-01-05): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2010/01/complete-text-of-autodesks-press-release.html' title='I wonder if the settlement includes SolidWorks licensing Autodesk's DWG API?'>Complete text of Autodesk's press release</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 06 Jan 2010 05:59:15 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=165Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2010-01-05): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2010/01/whats-next-for-autodesk-vs-dwg.html' title='Now that Autodesk and SolidWorks agreed to stop suing each other in civil court over the color of rectangles, what's next?'>What's next for Autodesk vs DWG?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 06 Jan 2010 05:58:32 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=164Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2010-01-01): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2010/01/judge-rules-autodesks-antisolidworks-cartoons-aok.html' title='Now it's the turn of SolidWorks to complain of false advertising by Autodesk.'>Judge rules Autodesk's anti-"SolidWorks" cartoons A-OK</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 06 Jan 2010 05:57:13 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=163Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2009-12-31): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/autodesk-chuckles-at-solidworks-fearmongering.html' title='At the end, Autodesk's lawyer argues that SolidWorks wants the world to create versions of DWG that are incompatible with AutoCAD, and Autodesk does not want this to happen.'>Autodesk chuckles at SolidWorks' fear-mongering</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 06 Jan 2010 05:56:33 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=162Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2009-12-31): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/solidworks-accuses-autodesk-of-attempting-to-monopolize-use-of-dwg-as-file-extension.html' title='Said the judge to the lawyer: "If you are trying to monopolize .dwg, you and your company are in big trouble."'>SolidWorks accuses Autodesk of attempting to monopolize use of .dwg as file extension</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 06 Jan 2010 05:55:45 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=161Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2009-12-31): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/judge-undecided-on-overuse-of-dwg-in-names.html' title='Autodesk is accusing SolidWorks of overusing its registered trademarks (AutoCAD and Autodesk) in advertising.'>Judge undecided on use of puffery by SolidWorks</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 06 Jan 2010 05:54:39 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=160Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2009-12-30): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/judge-agrees-that-orange-rectangles-are-generic.html' title='Judge William Alsup also ruled on Autodesk's silly lawsuit against SolidWork's use of an orange-colored rectangle and the word "real."'>Judge agrees that orange rectangles are generic</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 06 Jan 2010 05:53:06 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=159Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2009-12-29): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2009/12/judge-orders-that-the-trademarketness-of-dwg-go-to-jury.html' title='If the jury finds that DWG is generic, then Autodesk cannot register it as a trademark in the USA.'>Judge orders that the trademarketness of DWG go to jury</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 06 Jan 2010 05:52:26 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=158Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.law.com' title='Legal news and information'>Law.com</a> (2010-01-06): <a href='http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202437428030&Novel_Trademark_Case_Name_Settles_With_LastMinute_Drama' title='Judge William Alsup punctuated a courtroom-steps settlement in a novel trademark case by asking the lawyers to rewrite the agreement on the fly and apologize to the jury pool for wasting their morning.'>Novel Trademark Case Name Settles With Last-Minute Drama</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 06 Jan 2010 05:37:40 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=157Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deskeng.com/virtual_desktop/' title='Kenneth Wong's blog at Desktop Engineering'>Kenneth Wong's Virtual Desktop</a> (2009-10-13): <a href='http://www.deskeng.com/virtual_desktop/?p=804' title='Take a look at the software boxes sitting on your shelf. You’ve already paid for them, I’m sure. But do you actually own them?'>Software Resale on eBay: Court Sided with Reseller</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 16 Oct 2009 00:19:06 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=156Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://blog.ericgoldman.org/' title='Professor Eric Goldman Discusses Technology Law'>Technology & Marketing Law Blog</a> (2009-10-07): <a href='http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/10/vernor_v_autode_1.htm' title='Ultimately, the court's opinion seemed like a pretty serious incursion into the contractual relationship between the parties.'>Vernor v. Autodesk--Does the Right to Possession Distinguish Between Sales and Licenses?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 07 Oct 2009 20:57:11 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=155Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars' title='The Art of Technology Blog'>ars technica</a> (2009-10-07): <a href='http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/10/autocad-resale-ruling-a-messy-win-for-first-sale-doctrine.ars' title='As for the death of the secondary market and the end of libraries, "Mr. Vernor’s fear of the destruction of established resale markets also seems misplaced. The court notes, for example, that widespread piracy of musical recordings from compact disks has not led the music industry to adopt a restrictive licensing regime like the one Autodesk advocates."'>AutoCAD resale ruling a messy win for first-sale doctrine</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 07 Oct 2009 14:50:19 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=154Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.out-law.com' title='IT & e-commerce legal help from international law firm Pinsent Masons'>OUT-LAW.com</a> (2009-10-05): <a href='http://www.out-law.com/default.aspx?page=10421' title='Software company Autodesk has failed in its bid to prevent the second-hand sale of its software.'>US court says software is owned, not licensed</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 07 Oct 2009 14:48:20 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=153Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.theinquirer.net' title='UK news, reviews, facts, and friction'>The Inquirer</a> (2009-10-07): <a href='http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1557653/software-owned-licensed' title='THE BYZANTINE SOFTWARE licensing system in the US was dealt a blow by a federal court that denied Autodesk's bid to prevent the second-hand sale of its software.'>Software is owned not licensed</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 07 Oct 2009 14:41:45 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=152Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.eff.org/deeplinks' title='Electronic Frontier Foundation blog'>EFF: Deep Links</a> (2009-10-05): <a href='http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/10/it-s-still-duck-court-re-affirms-first-sale-doctri' title='The ruling is bound to frustrate the copyright industries, which have struggled for years to convince courts and their customers that the only thing you “buy” when you buy software is a limited and temporary right to use that software under certain conditions.'>It’s Still A Duck: Court Re-Affirms That First Sale Doctrine Can Apply to “Licensed” Software</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 05 Oct 2009 19:33:07 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=151Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.pcworld.com' title='IT Technology News'>PC World</a> (2009-10-01): <a href='http://www.pcworld.com/article/172973/in_autodesk_case_judge_rules_secondhand_sales_ok.html' title='A Seattle judge ruled in favor of a man arguing that he has the right to sell secondhand software, in a case that had some people worried about an end to used-book and CD stores.'>In Autodesk Case, Judge Rules Secondhand Sales OK</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 02 Oct 2009 18:47:59 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=150Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.techdirt.com' title='Techdirt'>Techdirt</a> (2009-10-02): <a href='http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091001/1805496397.shtml' title='Autodesk, of course, will likely appeal the ruling, so this isn't done yet. But, so far, this is definitely good news.'>Court Once Again Confirms Right Of First Sale For Software: You Own It, Not License It</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 02 Oct 2009 18:42:16 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=149Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://cyberlawcases.com' title='The Top Pending Cyberlaw Cases'>Cyberlaw Cases</a> (2009-10-01): <a href='http://cyberlawcases.com/2009/10/01/court-rules-again-that-vernor-can-sell-autodesk-software/' title='... the Vernor court has now, twice, provided a valuable roadmap for future courts that address the issue of copy ownership.'>Court rules (again) that Vernor can sell Autodesk software</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 02 Oct 2009 06:43:00 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=148Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2009-10-01): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/vernor-wins-customers-win.html' title='I am guessing this will go to another level of court, as Autodesk desperately tries to keep its finger in the dike on behalf of all large software corporations against the freeing up of the marketplace.'>Vernor Wins; Customers Win</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 02 Oct 2009 01:09:08 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=147Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.evanyares.com' title='Evan Yares on Engineering Software'>The CAD Industry</a> (2009-10-01): <a href='http://www.evanyares.com/the-cad-industry/2009/10/1/judgment-for-vernor.html' title='I'm hoping that Autodesk will appeal the decision. Not because I think they're right or wrong, but because I believe that resolving the legal uncertainties now inherent in software licensing would benefit both suppliers and consumers of software.'>Judgment for Vernor</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 02 Oct 2009 00:05:54 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=146Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.groklaw.net' title='Legal News and Discussion'>GrokLaw</a> (2009-09-30): <a href='http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2009093014420419' title='I didn't know this case was still going on. Did you? Vernor v. Autodesk? When Vernor prevailed against Autodesk's motion to dismiss in May of 2008, I guess I just assumed it got settled.'>Vernor v. Autodesk - Cross Motions to Dismiss - First Sale Case</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxThu, 01 Oct 2009 20:50:56 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=145Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.pcworld.com' title='IT Technology News'>PC World</a> (2009-09-30): <a href='http://www.pcworld.com/article/172852/autodesk_suit_could_affect_secondary_software_sales.html' title='A judge on Tuesday heard arguments in a dispute over software sales that could potentially have repercussions on the secondhand sale of virtually any copyright material.'>Autodesk suit could affect secondary software sales</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 30 Sep 2009 04:32:43 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=144Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2009-09-16): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2009/09/autodesks-shutdownoda-campaign-continues-unabated.html' title='In legal papers filed on Tuesday, the Open Design Alliance asks the court in Autodesk vs SolidWorks to force Autodesk to stop being a bully.'>Autodesk's Shut-Down-the-ODA Campaign Continues, Unabated</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 23 Sep 2009 03:06:39 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=143Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deskeng.com/virtual_desktop/' title='Kenneth Wong's blog at Desktop Engineering'>Kenneth Wong's Virtual Desktop</a> (2009-07-13): <a href='http://www.deskeng.com/virtual_desktop/?p=487' title='SolidWorks continues to use the disputed logo today. ODA’s van der Weide hopes the “industry can continue to use DWG freely as a file extension and as a standard abbreviation for the word drawing without fear of a lawsuit.”'>Open Design Alliance Caught in the Autodesk-SolidWorks Legal Tangle</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 14 Jul 2009 05:17:19 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=142Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2009-07-07): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2009/07/autodesk-loves-lawyers.html' title='Even as Autodesk finds it has insufficient funds and chooses to lay off hundreds of employees, it seems to not be lacking for lawyer fees.'>Autodesk Loves Lawyers</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 07 Jul 2009 20:06:33 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=141Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.tenlinks.com' title='TenLinks.com by Roopinder Tara'>TenLinks.com</a> (2009-07-07): <a href='http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/Open_deisgn_alliance/070709_adsksw_civilcase.htm' title='The Open Design Alliance (ODA) was subpoenaed by Autodesk, Inc. last month for deposition in the civil case Autodesk filed against SolidWorks Corporation for, among other things, trademark infringement, including use of the term “DWG” in product names.'>ODA Subpoenaed in Autodesk-SolidWorks Civil Case</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 07 Jul 2009 19:37:53 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=140Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://civil2inventor.wordpress.com/' title='The Autodesk enthusiast exile (by John Evans)'>from Civil to Inventor</a> (2009-03-26): <a href='http://civil2inventor.wordpress.com/2009/03/26/autodesk-vernor-lawsuit/' title='If you purchase software knowing you can’t resell it, but then say “that’s just not fair, I should be able to sell something I purchased”, then it’s dishonorable. Period. Would I like to resell some older software, HELL YES!! But the agreement was understood, and saying “yeah, I know about the EULA, and I purchased, but it’s not fair” doesn’t hold water. If you don’t like the deal, don’t take the deal. Anything else is just backhanded and dishonorable.'>Autodesk Vernor Lawsuit</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxThu, 26 Mar 2009 13:37:12 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=139Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2009-03-11): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2009/03/autodesk-solidworks-to-hug-make-up.html' title='When Autodesk senior vp Buzz Kross sits down at the breakfast table next to SolidWorks ceo Jeff Ray, we trust that the upcoming break in the relations fast will allow their deportment to be as warm as the Arizona sun.'>Autodesk & SolidWorks to Hug & Make Up</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxThu, 12 Mar 2009 13:52:39 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=138Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://otb.manusoft.com' title='Owen Wengerd's Blog'>Outside The Box</a> (2009-03-01): <a href='http://otb.manusoft.com/2009/03/software-licensing-case-for-reform.htm' title='I think the Vernor case is just one example illustrating how the current software licensing system has sprung a leak, and is in need of repair. Can it be patched, or does it need to be replaced? Can the bleeding be stopped at the ankle, or should it be stopped it at the neck? This is a classical case of the Petcock Problem.'>Software Licensing: A Case For Reform</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 02 Mar 2009 00:41:30 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=137Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com' title='Steve Johnson's blog'>blog nauseam</a> (2009-02-21): <a href='http://www.blog.cadnauseam.com/2009/02/21/vernor-v-autodesk-why-i-think-autodesk-is-right/' title='If the court finds that First Sale applies here, then that opens the floodgates to allow anyone to sell old copies of any software that has been upgraded, and keep using the new stuff. I really don’t think that would be good for anyone.'>Vernor v Autodesk - why I think Autodesk is right</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 21 Feb 2009 18:50:10 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=136Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://kennethwong.cadalyst.com' title='Cadalyst magazine executive editor Kenneth Wong's blog'>Kenneth Wong On CAD</a> (2009-01-08): <a href='http://kennethwong.cadalyst.com/?p=72' title='Who owns the right to the term DWG?'>The Battle Over DWG Continues</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 10 Jan 2009 16:38:06 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=135Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.cadalyst.com' title='Cadalyst Magazine'>Cadalyst Magazine</a> (2009-01-08): <a href='http://manufacturing.cadalyst.com/manufacturing/News/SolidWorks-Wins-Partial-Victory-over-Autodesk-in-C/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/574605?contextCategoryId=6619' title='Legal wrestling continues over SolidWorks' advertising campaign.'>SolidWorks Wins Partial Victory over Autodesk in Court</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 09 Jan 2009 03:01:40 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=134Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2009-01-01): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2009/01/adsk-vs-dssw-petty-dispute-to-carry-on-through-2010.html' title='This case's corporate out-of-touchness with customers astounds me.'>Petty Dispute to Carry on Through 2010</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 02 Jan 2009 21:09:53 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=133Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-12-11): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/12/oda-to-adsk-suspend-us-too.html' title='So now the Open Design Alliance is asking the USPTO for the same courtesy: "please, Autodesk, suspend your we-don't-want-ODA-using-our-sacred-three-letters action until the outcome your lawsuit against SolidWorks" -- or words to that effect.'>ODA to ADSK: Suspend Us, Too</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxThu, 11 Dec 2008 21:13:42 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=132Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.cadalyst.com' title='Cadalyst Magazine'>Cadalyst Magazine</a> (2008-11-07): <a href='http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/News/Vernor-vs-Autodesk-Lawsuit-Reaches-Partial-Settlem/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/564593?contextCategoryId=3046' title='Question still remains on legality of AutoCAD software resale.'>Vernor vs. Autodesk Lawsuit Reaches Partial Settlement</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 24 Nov 2008 05:21:29 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=131Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://kennethwong.cadalyst.com' title='Cadalyst magazine executive editor Kenneth Wong's blog'>Kenneth Wong On CAD</a> (2008-11-04): <a href='http://kennethwong.cadalyst.com/?p=51' title='We all know it takes place. While I type here, a number of people are bidding on a copy of AutoCAD Architecture 2009 on eBay.'>Software Resale on eBay</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxThu, 06 Nov 2008 17:26:05 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=130Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars' title='The Art of Technology Blog'>ars technica</a> (2008-05-23): <a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080523-court-smacks-autodesk-affirms-right-to-sell-used-software.html' title='A federal district judge in Washington State handed down an important decision this week on shrink-wrap license agreements and the First Sale Doctrine.'>Court smacks Autodesk, affirms right to sell used software</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 13:09:05 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=129Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2007-09-12): <a href='http://3dcadnews.blog.com/2076404/' title='For seven years a soft-spoken Seattle resident by the name of Timothy S. Vernor made a decent living selling stuff on eBay. Mostly he sold vintage comic books, but also whatever else he could get cheap and pass along to a waiting market.'>The Man Who Dared to Sell AutoCAD R14 on eBay</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 13:06:28 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=128Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.evanyares.com' title='Evan Yares' Blog'>The CAD Industry</a> (2007-09-13): <a href='http://www.evanyares.com/the-cad-industry/2007/9/13/old-copies-of-autocad.html' title='The issues at hand in this case are not unique to Autodesk or AutoCAD. The Electronic Frontiers Foundation filed suit against Universal Music Group a month ago, in a case that deals with many of the same issues.'>Old copies of AutoCAD</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 13:04:03 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=127Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.eff.org/deeplinks' title='Electronic Frontier Foundation blog'>EFF: Deep Links</a> (2008-05-22): <a href='http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/05/if-it-looks-duck-seattle-judge-finds-software-was-' title='In a major victory for consumers' rights, a federal district judge has firmly rejected software vendor AutoDesk's claim that its license agreement restricts its customers from re-selling the software they lawfully owned.'>If It Looks Like a Duck . . . </a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 12:54:59 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=126Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.slashdot.org' title='Slashdot, News for Nerds'>Slashdot</a> (2007-09-13): <a href='http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/09/13/2244240' title='Slahdot readers respond to AECNews article'>eBay Seller Sues Autodesk for $10 Million</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 12:52:24 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=125Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2007-11-16): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2007/11/16/2735.aspx' title='The legal team representing eBay seller Timothy S. Vernor in a federal lawsuit against Autodesk has filed an amended complaint. The new complaint restates the case in professional language and adds a petition for declaratory judgments and injunctions regarding the legality of Vernor’s actions.'>New Filing, New High-Profile Lawyer in Vernor v. Autodesk</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 12:48:21 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=123Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://citizenvox.org' title='Public Citizen's Blog'>Citizen VOX</a> (2008-05-21): <a href='http://citizenvox.org/2008/05/21/public-citizen-wins-against-anti-consumer-copyright-claim/' title='Today, a federal court agreed with Public Citizen, rejecting Autodesk’s expansive claims of copyright infringement and holding that the company cannot prevent Vernor from reselling authentic copies of its software.'>Public Citizen wins against anti-consumer copyright claim</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 12:46:24 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=122Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.theregister.co.uk' title='Online Magazine for IT Professionals'>The Register</a> (2008-05-23): <a href='http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/05/23/ebay_autodesk_ruling/' title='The world's greatest CAD dowser has successfully defended your right to sell second-hand software.'>Garage sale genius juices software-hawking eBayers</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 12:32:00 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=121Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-05-23): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/reaction-to-the-vernor-win.html' title='Some 30 readers at The Register comment on Vernor beating Autdoesk's request to kill the law suit.'>Reaction to the Vernor Win</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 12:27:32 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=120Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-05-21): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/vernor1-autodesk-0.html' title='Owen Wengerd's AdskvOda Weblog has been tracking AutoCAD seller Vernor's fight against Autodesk. Today he alerted me that consumers won this round.'>Vernor:1; Autodesk: 0</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 12:12:02 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=119Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2008-07-02): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2008/07/autodesk-and-dwg.html' title='I cannot help wondering that if the ODA is financially well off, then why couldn't they use a better (and more expensive) legal team in the TrustedDWG law suit.'>Autodesk and DWG</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 05:04:03 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=118Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2008-07-06): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2008/07/fight-over-dwg-heats-up.html' title='For those who are wondering what this new noise between Autodesk and the OpenDesign Alliance is all about, here are some quick details.'>The Fight Over DWG Heats Up</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 05:01:47 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=117Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://rocksolidperspective.com' title='Jason Raak's SolidWorks blog'>RockSolid Perspective</a> (2008-10-16): <a href='http://rocksolidperspective.com/2008/10/16/court-is-in-session/' title='Isn’t it kind of sad that there are enough litigations in the CAD industry that warrant a site to follow them all.'>Court Is In Session!</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:50:31 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=116Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://dezignstuff.com/blog' title='Matt Lombard's SolidWorks blog'>Matt Writes</a> (2008-10-11): <a href='http://dezignstuff.com/blog/?p=611' title='I just want SolidWorks to be good stewards of the money I send them yearly. How does spending all of this money defending this lawsuit help me?'>Is an all out legal war between SW and Autodesk really in the best interest of customers?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:48:09 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=115Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://rocksolidperspective.com' title='Your Source For CAD Admin Tips & Tricks and General SolidWorks News'>RockSolid Perspective</a> (2008-09-25): <a href='http://rocksolidperspective.com/2008/09/25/a-sense-of-desperation/' title='For what it’s worth I think that Autodesk should maybe spend more of their time working on developing their software and making it the best that they possibly can instead of filing petty lawsuits against the company that seems to be running away with the 3D CAD market.'>A Sense Of Desperation???</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:42:43 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=114Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com' title='"the business of CAD" by Ralph Grabowski'>upFront.eZine</a> (2008-07-01): <a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com/2008/upf-566.htm#b' title='I've been covering Autodesk's attempt to cancel trademarks registered by the Open Design Alliance that include the letters "DWG," most notably OpenDWG. Autodesk feels that DWG belongs to Autodesk.'>Trademark Watch: Give Me Back "My" DWG</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:38:54 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=113Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-08-06): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/oda-vs-autodesk-in-your-face.html' title='At this point, I have no idea what is happening, other than the ODA saying to Autodesk, "In your face!" -- to use current slang common amongst teenagers in specific geographic areas.'>ODA to Autodesk: In Your Face!</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:26:22 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=112Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-08-19): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/08/autodesk-to-oda-weide-schmeide.html' title='As I suggested earlier, the Open Design Alliance could have problems asserting that the ODA’s new English-is-not-my-first-language president didn’t really understand the deposition questions.'>Autodesk to ODA: Weide, Schmeide</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:25:16 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=111Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-09-30): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/09/adsk-vs-oda-huh.html' title='Autodesk and Open Design Alliance agreed yesterday to suspend the Consent Motion to Suspend Proceeding pending the decision by the USPTO concerning Autodesk's Motion for Leave to Amend its Petition for Cancellation filed earlier.'>Adsk vs ODA: Huh?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:23:28 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=110Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-04-25): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/04/autodesk_attemp.html' title='The oldest AutoCAD documentation I have at hand is for Release 12 (I have older ones, but they're too hard to dig) lists DXF as an (unregistered) trademark, but doesn't list DWG.'>Autodesk Attempts to Register "DWG"</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:22:05 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=109Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-07-14): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/07/dwg-autodesk-gives-up-in-europe.html' title='It appears that Autodesk has not given up attempting to register DWG as a trademark in the European Union.'>Registering DWG: Autodesk Gives Up Tries Again in Europe</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:19:56 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=108Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-09-25): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/09/adsk-vs-sw-comments.html' title='Autodesk is within its rights to attempt to protect devices by which it is known -- logos, names, and even colors and shapes. You may disagree with that right, but the American courts permit it.'>Adsk vs SW: Comments</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:16:41 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=107Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-09-23): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/09/adsk-vs-sw-battle-moves-to-courtroom.html' title='Autodesk files suit against DS SolidWorks over a whole wack of things...'>ADSK vs SW Battle Moves to Courtroom</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:15:10 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=106Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-10-16): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/10/cadcourt-blog.html' title='Now that litigation is replacing innovation in the CAD industry...'>CAD/Court Blog</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:13:53 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=105Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-10-07): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/10/adsk-to-uspto-suspend-our-dwggateway-complaint.html' title='Autodesk is asking the US trademark office to suspend its action against DS Solidworks.'>ADSK to USPTO: Suspend Our DWGgateway Complaint</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 18 Oct 2008 02:12:05 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=104Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.cadalyst.com' title='Cadalyst Magazine'>Cadalyst Magazine</a> (2008-10-01): <a href='http://manufacturing.cadalyst.com/manufacturing/News/Autodesk-Accuses-SolidWorks-of-Unfair-Competition/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/556015?contextCategoryId=6619' title='Legal battle heats up over use of the term DWG.'>Autodesk Accuses SolidWorks of Unfair Competition</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:45:38 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=103Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2008-05-29): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2008/05/speculation-autodesk-to-buy-bentley-systems.html' title='The non-appearance of Autodesk CEO Carl Bass at this week's annual luvfest Bentley Systems puts on for its user base is leading to speculation that the west coast company is preparing to gobble up the east coast one.'>Speculation: Autodesk to Buy Bentley Systems? (Also See Comments)</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:43:20 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=102Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecmag.com' title='Design, Management, and Collaboration in the Built Environment'>AEC Magazine</a> (2008-08-23): <a href='http://www.aecmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=247' title='Interoperability is one of the industry’s constant thorny issues. Proprietary CAD formats, like the world’s languages, create a virtual Babel and generate barriers to understanding engineering information. Martyn Day examines the latest news from Autodesk and Bentley.'>Autodesk and Bentley interoperability</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:37:16 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=101Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aeccafe.com/' title='AEC Portal'>AEC Cafe</a> (2008-08-04): <a href='http://www10.aeccafe.com/nbc/articles/view_article.php?articleid=567023' title='As a result of this agreement, what is now possible that wasn’t possible previously?'>Bentley and Autodesk Announce Historic Interoperability Agreement</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:35:08 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=100Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.cadalyst.com' title='Cadalyst Magazine'>Cadalyst Magazine</a> (2008-08-01): <a href='http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/AEC/Examining-the-Autodesk-Bentley-Agreement-Viewpoint/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/533435' title='Evan Yares: What's behind this gesture toward DWG-DGN interoperability -- and is it the right thing to do?'>Examining the Autodesk-Bentley Agreement</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:28:08 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=99Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.cadalyst.com' title='Cadalyst Magazine'>Cadalyst Magazine</a> (2008-07-11): <a href='http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/News/Bentley-and-Autodesk-Join-Hands-to-Bridge-DGN-and-/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/529085' title='At a joint press conference on July 8, Greg Bentley, CEO of Bentley Systems, and Jay Bhatt, senior vice-president, Autodesk AEC solutions, told reporters their companies would begin exchanging software libraries and application programming interfaces (APIs).'>Bentley and Autodesk Join Hands to Bridge DGN and DWG</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:23:34 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=98Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2008-07-05): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2008/07/rasterdwg.html' title='As I understand it, Autodesk appears to have convinced softelec to hand over their "RasterDWG" trademark "for good and valuable consideration".'>RasterDWG</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:19:55 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=96Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecmag.com' title='Design, Management, and Collaboration in the Built Environment'>AEC Magazine</a> (2006-12-07): <a href='http://www.aecmag.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=141&Itemid=36' title='At Autodesk’s recent UK user event Martyn Day caught up with Autodesk’s CEO, and talked about the Open Design Alliance and the political upheaval that was going on in the management there.'>The DWG conundrum</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:16:26 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=95Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.mcadonline.com' title='UK Product Development and Manufacturing Solutions Magazine'>MCAD Magazine</a> (2006-11-06): <a href='http://www.mcadonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=333&Itemid=73' title='Martyn Day discusses file formats with Autodesk CEO Carl Bass'>Interview with Carl Bass: part 1</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:14:21 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=63Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2007-12-19): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2007/12/dwg-the-registr.html' title='... competitors to Autodesk have been able to register words containing DWG, but not Autodesk itself.'>DWG: The Registration Attempts & Successes</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:11:46 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=94Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.mcadonline.com' title='UK Product Development and Manufacturing Solutions Magazine'>MCAD Magazine</a> (2007-12-13): <a href='http://www.mcadonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=487&Itemid=73' title='With rumours that Autodesk has been making plans to patent the use of the term DWG, Martyn Day looks at the reasons behind this move and the potential impact on the CAD industry.'>Who owns DWG?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:10:22 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=93Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://cadcam3d.blogspot.com' title='CAD CAM software industry news, tips, tutorial links and announcements from CADDIT CAD CAM Australia.'>CADCAM Blog</a> (2008-07-15): <a href='http://cadcam3d.blogspot.com/2008/07/autodesk-escalates-war-on-open-dwg-file.html' title='Passive resistance to DWG clone technologies has developed into all out war, both in the court room and in the board room.'>Autodesk Escalates War on "Open DWG" File Technology</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:05:29 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=92Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://blog.jtbworld.com' title='Jimmy Bergmark's Blog'>JTB World</a> (2007-10-15): <a href='http://blog.jtbworld.com/2007/10/dwg-trademark-dispute-continues.html' title='In EU (European Union) there is a dispute around DWG as trademark.'>DWG trademark dispute continues</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 18:02:34 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=91Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.solidsmack.com' title='This is a very small behemoth of an online community about SolidWorks, technology, design, inspiration, robots, ninjas…'>SolidSmack</a> (2008-09-25): <a href='http://www.solidsmack.com/solidworks-autodesk-thats-my-trademark-not-yours/2008-09-25/' title='This little orange square is raising all sorts of mean looks and a hefty lawsuit from AutoDesk to Dassault Systemes SolidWorks along with a list of other alleged misdeed.'>SolidWorks. AutoDesk. That’s My TradeMark, Not Yours</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 17:58:13 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=90Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.fcsuper.com/swblog/' title='This is a blog dedicated to open discussions about SolidWorks, with multiple contributors from diverse backgrounds and viewpoints to offer SolidWorks related discussions, tips/tricks, advice, opinions, FAQ’s, how-to’s, product reviews, etc.'>SolidWorks Legion</a> (2008-09-26): <a href='http://www.fcsuper.com/swblog/?p=119' title='Autodesk has recently filed a lawsuit against Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp (DS SolidWorks) for trademark infringement...'>Autodesk has no trademark on DWG?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 17:54:32 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=89Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.evanyares.com' title='Evan Yares' Blog'>The CAD Industry</a> (2006-04-24): <a href='http://www.evanyares.com/the-cad-industry/2006/4/24/autodesk-tries-to-trademark-dwg.html' title='After about 24 years, it appears that Autodesk has decided that they want the exclusive rights to use the term "DWG."'>Autodesk tries to trademark DWG</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 15 Oct 2008 17:50:15 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=88Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com' title='"the business of CAD" by Ralph Grabowski'>upFront.eZine</a> (2007-07-17): <a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com/2007/upf-527.htm#b' title='... Perhaps an on-going series of money-draining skirmishes is all that Autodesk plans against the ODA and its near partner, the IntelliCAD Technology Consortium.'>Adsk vs ODA: Grrr, Part II</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 17 Jul 2007 02:25:34 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=87Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.allpointsblog.com' title='Location Technology and GIS blog'>All Points</a> (2007-07-12): <a href='http://apb.directionsmag.com/archives/3088-Autodesk-Claims-Trademark-Issue-in-Continuing-Litigation-with-Open-Design-Alliance.html' title='There was an agreement on the first suit, but now Autodesk is requesting American Trademark Trial and Appeal Board cancel the "OPENDWG" trademark...'>Autodesk Claims Trademark...</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 13 Jul 2007 17:43:52 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=86Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.evanyares.com' title='Evan Yares' Blog'>The CAD Industry</a> (2007-07-12): <a href='http://www.evanyares.com/the-cad-industry/2007/7/12/dwg-belongs-to-autodesk.html' title='Evan analyzes Autodesk's unsuccessful attempt to trademark "DWG"'>DWG belongs to Autodesk?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 13 Jul 2007 17:37:11 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=85Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2007-07-11): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2007/07/adsk-vs-odabatt.html' title='"I suspect Autodesk will win the request, because DWG quite clearly belongs to them."'>Adsk vs ODA Battle 2</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxThu, 12 Jul 2007 05:42:55 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=84Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://seattletrademarklawyer.com' title='Attorney Michael Atkins blogs about trademark law'>Seattle Trademark Lawyer</a> (2007-04-04): <a href='http://seattletrademarklawyer.com/blog/2007/4/4/autodesk-and-open-design-alliance-finalize-settlement.html' title='Autodesk and Open Design Alliance Finalize Settlement'>Autodesk, ODA Finalize Settlement</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 11 Jul 2007 23:59:59 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=83Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2007-04-03): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2007/04/03/2312.aspx' title='Autodesk’s trademark infringement lawsuit against the Open Design Alliance ended today as a federal judge approved a negotiated settlement between the two parties.'>Autodesk, ODA Settlement Ends Lawsuit</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 04 Apr 2007 02:53:04 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=82Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://seattletrademarklawyer.com' title='Attorney Michael Atkins blogs about trademark law'>Seattle Trademark Lawyer</a> (2007-03-05): <a href='http://seattletrademarklawyer.com/blog/2007/3/5/western-district-grants-30-day-stay-in-autodesk-v-open-design-alliance.html' title='Western District Grants 30-Day Stay in Autodesk v. Open Design Alliance'>Western District Grants 30-Day Stay</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 07 Mar 2007 21:18:06 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=81Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2007-02-27): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2007/02/adsk_vs_odsits_.html' title='ADSK vs. ODA: It's Almost Over, But For the Handshakes'>It's Almost Over, But For the Handshakes</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 02 Mar 2007 00:01:15 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=80Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://seattletrademarklawyer.com' title='Attorney Michael Atkins blogs about trademark law'>Seattle Trademark Lawyer</a> (2007-02-27): <a href='http://seattletrademarklawyer.com/blog/2007/2/27/autodesk-and-open-design-alliance-discuss-settlement.html' title='Autodesk and Washington-based Open Design Alliance are trying to mend their ways.'>Autodesk and ODA Discuss Settlement</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxThu, 01 Mar 2007 23:59:00 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=79Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2007-02-07): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2007/02/trusteddwg-misconception.html' title='...I firmly believe that software developers have a right (and a duty) to specify a return address into a user's file. But what is important is how they use that right.'>TrustedDWG Misconception</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 09 Feb 2007 04:57:07 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=78Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2007-02-06): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2007/02/control-control-control.html' title='... In my opinion, the ODA has not done a good job explaining what kind of control they feel the users should have.'>Control Control Control</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 09 Feb 2007 04:55:37 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=77Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2007-01-25): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2007/01/autodesks-official-statement-on-dwg-and.html' title='I recently asked Autodesk bashers an open question. Not happy with the replies I decided it was time to get it straight from the horse's mouth...'>Autodesk Statement on DWG and ODA</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxThu, 25 Jan 2007 10:07:33 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=76Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2007-01-18): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2007/01/for-record.html' title='Deelip defends his opinions about the file format controversy'>For The Record</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxThu, 18 Jan 2007 12:20:29 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=75Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2007-01-16): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2007/01/another-way-to-look-at-it.html' title='... As I see it, the ODA's new legal team now believes that attack is the best form of defense, which is a normal strategy for someone who find himself in a position of weakness...'>Another Way To Look At It</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 16 Jan 2007 09:13:51 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=74Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2007-01-16): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2007/01/question-is-still-open.html' title='... Almost always someone comes along and slaps the morality card on Autodesk. In my opinion only Bentley and McNeel have the moral right to ask Autodesk to open its DWG format...'>The Question Is Still Open</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 16 Jan 2007 09:12:31 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=73Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2007-01-15): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2007/01/open-question-to-all-autodesk-bashers.html' title='Deelip Menezes asks why nobody is bashing Autodesk's competitors with closed file formats.'>An Open Question to All Autodesk Bashers</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 16 Jan 2007 01:25:25 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=72Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com' title='"the business of CAD" by Ralph Grabowski'>upFront.eZine</a> (2007-01-15): <a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com/2007/upf-501.htm#c' title='When on November 13 Autodesk launched its law suit against the Open Design Alliance, its timing seemed perfect against the non-profit organization...'>Did Autodesk Misjudge the ODA Case?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 16 Jan 2007 01:19:57 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=71Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.architosh.com/news' title='Architosh News'>Architosh</a> (2006-11-22): <a href='http://www.architosh.com/news/2006-11/2006a1122_mm_sue-sue.html' title='News Analysis for Mac Pros - Beware 'end user' Microsoft and Autodesk both seek innovation by lawsuits [commentary by Architosh founder Anthony Frausto-Robledo]'>Beware 'end user'...</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 13 Jan 2007 18:36:13 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=19Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2007-01-13): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2007/01/autodesk-vs-oda-conversation.html' title='I have been having an interesting email conversation with a reader...'>Autodesk vs ODA - A Conversation</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxSat, 13 Jan 2007 14:47:42 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=70Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2007-01-12): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2007/01/adsk_vs_oda_abh.html' title='Ralph analyzes the Abhijit Oak declaration point by point'>Adsk vs ODA: Abhijit Oak Speaks</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 12 Jan 2007 19:24:11 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=69Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2007-01-12): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2007/01/adsk_vs_oda_the.html' title='Ralph asks, "Are we running out of reasons to have a law suit?"'>Adsk vs ODA: Law Suit Runs Out of Purpose</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxFri, 12 Jan 2007 19:21:39 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=68Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com' title='"the business of CAD" by Ralph Grabowski'>upFront.eZine</a> (2006-12-19): <a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com/2006/upf-500.htm' title=''>Autodesk vs. ODA [Letters to the Editor]</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 10 Jan 2007 03:35:08 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=67Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com' title='"the business of CAD" by Ralph Grabowski'>upFront.eZine</a> (2006-12-12): <a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com/2006/upf-499.htm' title='[Milliken and Grabowski discuss the lawsuit, readers respond]'>Autodesk vs. ODA [Feature]</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxWed, 10 Jan 2007 03:33:23 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=66Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://autocadder.blogspot.com' title='Anonymous German AutoCAD blog'>AutoCADder</a> (2006-10-02): <a href='http://autocadder.blogspot.com/2006/10/dwg-2007-trusted-or-not.html' title='The hackers group called "Open Design Alliance" has recently announced that their DWGdirect library reads/writes DWG files "that are transparently accepted by AutoCAD as 'trusted'". A dazzling achievement...'>DWG 2007 - trusted or not</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 09 Jan 2007 10:23:50 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=65Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-10-12): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/10/oda_at_itc_conf.html' title='Neil Peterson of the OpenDesign Alliance notes how their latest release of DWGdirect mimics AutoCAD 2007's "trusted" drawing feature.'>ODA at ITC Conference</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 09 Jan 2007 10:18:25 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=64Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://designsmarter.typepad.com/rob_rodriguez' title='Rob Rodriguez SolidWorks blog'>Rob Rodriguez.Blog</a> (2006-11-20): <a href='http://designsmarter.typepad.com/rob_rodriguez/2006/11/what_does_it_al.html' title='Depending on how the litigation plays out this could have some far reaching effects for the large players in the CAD industry.'>What does it all mean?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 09 Jan 2007 09:59:46 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=62Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.rickyjordan.net' title='Ricky Jordan's SolidWorks blog'>Ricky Jordan's Blog</a> (2006-11-21): <a href='http://www.rickyjordan.net/2006/11/dwg_wars.html' title='Autodesk has sued the Open Design Alliance over the 2007 .DWG file format..'>DWG wars</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 09 Jan 2007 09:47:18 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=61Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.hablandodesigs.com' title='Mexican GIS blog (Spanish)'>hablandodesigs</a> (2006-11-21): <a href='http://www.hablandodesigs.com/index.php/2006/11/21/dwg-exclusivo-para-autocad/' title=''>DWG exclusivo para AutoCAD</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 09 Jan 2007 09:42:16 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=60Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-03-13): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/03/everybody_loves.html' title='Everybody Loves an AutoCAD Customer [plus comments about TrustedDWG by Evan Yares]'>Everybody Loves an AutoCAD Customer [comments]</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 09 Jan 2007 08:59:00 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=1Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-12-30): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/12/oda_counterattc.html' title=''>Whiplash! ODA Countersues Autodesk 9 Times</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 09 Jan 2007 08:58:19 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=53Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://tsao.enelparaiso.org/weblog/' title='Francisco J. Tsao Santín's personal blog'>umask 077</a> (2007-01-04): <a href='http://tsao.enelparaiso.org/weblog/index.php/2007/01/04/drm-obsession/' title='So I only wish news like the lawsuit [...] will help to my colleagues engineers to open eyes and drop Autodesk products and closed formats in favour of open (and better) formats like DGN.'>DRM obsession</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 09 Jan 2007 08:48:16 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=59Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.cgsociety.org' title='Society of Digital Artists discussion forum'>CGSociety Forum</a> (2006-12-20): <a href='http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=443059' title='Autodesk Suing to Keep Format Closed (Cease & Desist order against Opendwg)'>Autodesk Suing... [forum discussion]</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxTue, 09 Jan 2007 08:12:10 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=58Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.tenlinks.com' title='TenLinks.com by Roopinder Tara'>TenLinks.com</a> (2007-01-03): <a href='http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/Open_deisgn_alliance/010307_relocate.htm' title='Open Design Alliance Relocates Corporate HQ to Phoenix, AZ '>ODA Relocates Corporate HQ</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:37:24 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=57Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2007-01-03): <a href='http://aecnews.com/articles/2192.aspx' title='ODA Responds to Autodesk Lawsuit with Counter Claims of Monopolistic Behavior'>ODA Responds with Counter Claims</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:34:37 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=56Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2007-01-03): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2007/01/who_are_the_law.html' title='Who Are the Lawyers Autodesk and ODA have Arrayed Against Each Other?'>Who Are the Lawyers...?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:33:08 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=55Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2006-12-30): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2006/12/oda-fights-back.html' title=''>ODA Fights Back </a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:31:27 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=54Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-12-21): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/12/researching_dwg.html' title=''>Researching DwgCheck</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:29:06 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=52Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.augi.com' title='Autodesk User Group International discussion forum (free membership required)'>AUGI Forum</a> (2006-12-21): <a href='http://forums.augi.com/showthread.php?t=51023' title=''>Autodesk sues ODA</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:28:01 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=51Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-12-20): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/12/slashdot_commen.html' title=''>slash.dot comments on ADSK vs ODA</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:26:23 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=49Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.slashdot.org' title='Slashdot, News for Nerds'>Slashdot</a> (2006-12-20): <a href='http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/06/12/20/1348205.shtml' title=''>Autodesk Suing to Keep Format Closed</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:25:48 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=50Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2006-12-20): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2006/12/trap-indeed.html' title=''>Trap Indeed</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:22:42 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=48Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-12-20): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/12/asdk_vs_oda_the.html' title=''>ASDK vs ODA: The Judge's Comments</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:21:53 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=47Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-12-15): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2006/12/15/2160.aspx' title='Open Design Alliance Releases New DWGdirect Libraries to Comply with Court Order'>ODA Releases New DWGdirect Libraries...</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:20:38 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=46Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-12-15): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/12/examine_the_aut.html' title=''>Examine the Autodesk Complaint</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:17:26 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=45Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://blog.tmcnet.com/regulations' title='Regulations, Statutes and Standards blog'>RSS Blog</a> (2006-12-08): <a href='http://blog.tmcnet.com/regulations/in-the-courts/file-format-trademark-infringement-dispute-between-autodesk-and-open-d.asp' title='File Format Trademark Infringement Dispute Between Autodesk and Open Design Alliance Set for January Hearing'>File Format Trademark Infringement Dispute...</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:15:53 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=44Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://autocadder.blogspot.com' title='Anonymous German AutoCAD blog'>AutoCADder</a> (2006-12-12): <a href='http://autocadder.blogspot.com/2006/12/autodesk-vs-oda-it-is-about-faking.html' title=''>Autodesk vs. ODA - it is about faking</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:12:36 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=43Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-12-11): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/12/unnecessary_ads.html' title=''>Unnecessary: Adsk vs ODA</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:11:57 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=42Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.cadalyst.com' title='Cadalyst Magazine'>Cadalyst Magazine</a> (2006-12-08): <a href='http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=389853' title='DWGCHECK Heck Revisited: Last month, I described how the TrustedDWG feature doesn't want to be turned off. You can, in fact, turn off one aspect of its behavior... [Steve Johnson's Bug Watch mentions TrustedDWG]'>DWGCHECK Heck Revisited (Bug Watch)</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:11:21 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=41Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.techdirt.com' title='Techdirt'>Techdirt</a> (2006-12-06): <a href='http://techdirt.com/articles/20061206/190337.shtml' title='[Lots of comments, including one from Bob McNeel]'>Using Trademark To Prevent Interoperability</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:09:09 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=40Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.eff.org/deeplinks' title='Electronic Frontier Foundation blog'>EFF: Deep Links</a> (2006-12-06): <a href='http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/005038.php' title='[EFF attorney Fred von Lohmann comments about the lawsuit]'>Using Trademark to Stymie Interoperability?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:07:16 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=39Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-12-04): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2006/12/04/2141.aspx' title='Open Design Alliance Confirms Removal from Office of Evan Yares'>ODA Confirms Yares' Removal</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:04:24 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=37Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://seattletrademarklawyer.com' title='Attorney Michael Atkins blogs about trademark law'>Seattle Trademark Lawyer</a> (2006-12-03): <a href='http://seattletrademarklawyer.com/blog/2006/12/3/tro-granted-against-open-design-alliance-over-cad-software.html' title='TRO Granted Against Open Design Alliance over CAD Software'>TRO Granted Against ODA over CAD Software</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:03:17 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=36Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://alibre.typepad.com/alibre_ceo_blog' title='Alibre CEO Greg Milliken's blog'>Alibre CEO</a> (2006-11-30): <a href='http://alibre.typepad.com/alibre_ceo_blog/2006/11/friends_romans_.html' title=''>Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears…</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:02:27 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=35Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-11-30): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2006/11/30/2136.aspx' title='Breaking News: Evan Yares Out as Open Design Alliance Executive Director'>Breaking News: Evan Yares Out...</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:01:43 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=34Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.cadalyst.com' title='Cadalyst Magazine'>Cadalyst Magazine</a> (2006-11-30): <a href='http://management.cadalyst.com/cadman/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=388507' title=''>Autodesk Goes After ODA for Trademark Infringement</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:00:51 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=33Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com' title='"the business of CAD" by Ralph Grabowski'>upFront.eZine</a> (2006-11-28): <a href='http://www.upfrontezine.com/2006/upf-497.htm' title='In a statement, Autodesk says its legal action could have been prevented if...'>Autodesk vs. ODA</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 08:00:15 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=32Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.stress-free.co.nz' title='David Harrison's blog'>StressFree</a> (2006-11-27): <a href='http://www.stress-free.co.nz/autodesk_sues_the_open_design_alliance' title=''>AutoDesk sues the Open Design Alliance</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:57:42 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=31Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2006-11-27): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2006/11/oda-shoots-itself-in-foot.html' title=''>ODA shoots itself in the foot</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:57:04 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=30Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-11-27): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2006/11/27/2131.aspx' title='Open Design Alliance Complies with Court Order, Pulls Offending Code'>ODA Complies with Court Order</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:56:24 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=29Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-11-26): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/11/adsk_vs_oda_yes.html' title='ADSK vs ODA: Yes, Maybe, No [Ralph comments on ODA response to Autodesk charges]'>ADSK vs ODA: Yes, Maybe, No</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:55:40 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=28Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2006-11-25): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2006/11/autodesk-vs-oda-compromise-or-knock-out.html' title=''>Autodesk VS ODA - Compromise or Knock-Out</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:54:35 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=27Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.mcadforums.com' title='Manufacturing community discussion forums'>mCADForums</a> (2006-11-24): <a href='http://www.mcadforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=48250#48250' title=''>Autodesk vs. ODA Documents [forum discussion]</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:53:21 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=26Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-11-24): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/11/counterattack_o.html' title=''>Counterattack: ODA Fires Back</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:52:37 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=25Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-11-24): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2006/11/24/2124.aspx' title='Drawings, Rolexes, and Unclean Hands: Autodesk and the Open Design Alliance Face Off in Federal Court'>Drawings, Rolexes, and Unclean Hands...</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:52:02 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=24Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://rcd.typepad.com' title='Robin Capper's CAD blog'>RobiNZ CAD Blog</a> (2006-11-23): <a href='http://rcd.typepad.com/rcd/2006/11/autodesk_vs_the.html' title=''>Autodesk vs the Open Design Alliance</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:51:18 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=23Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-11-23): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/11/backfire_dwg_in.html' title=''>Backlash! Is DWG 2007 in Danger of Isolation?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:49:57 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=22Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2006-11-23): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2006/11/after-oda-whos-next-on-autodesks-radar.html' title=''>After ODA, who's next on Autodesk's radar?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:49:17 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=21Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-11-22): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/11/whoops_oda_cant.html' title=''>Whoops: ODA Can't Use "TrustedDWG" No More</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:48:39 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=20Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.deelip.com' title='Deelip Menezes' blog'>Deelip Menezes</a> (2006-11-22): <a href='http://www.deelip.com/2006/11/did-open-design-alliance-walk-into-trap.html' title='Did the Open Design Alliance walk into a trap?'>Did the ODA walk into a trap?</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:45:51 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=18Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-11-22): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2006/11/22/2118.aspx' title='Documents from Autodesk v. Open Design Alliance Available for Download'>Documents Available for Download</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:44:59 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=17Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-11-22): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2006/11/22/2117.aspx' title='Court Favors Autodesk, Grants Temporary Restraining Order Against Open Design Alliance'>Court Favors Autodesk, Grants TRO</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:44:14 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=16Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-11-22): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2006/11/22/2111.aspx' title='Text of Autodesk Complaint Against ODA in AECnews Gallery'>Text of Autodesk Complaint Against ODA...</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:43:12 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=15Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.mcadforums.com' title='Manufacturing community discussion forums'>mCADForums</a> (2006-11-21): <a href='http://www.mcadforums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6855&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=&sid=ce766c8bc00698cc1b6b03151bdb2ea5' title='MCAD: Autodesk Sues Open Design Alliance [forum discussion]'>Autodesk Sues ODA [forum discussion]</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:41:58 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=14Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.allpointsblog.com' title='Location Technology and GIS blog'>All Points</a> (2006-11-21): <a href='http://www.allpointsblog.com/archives/2156-Autodesk-Sues-ODA-Possible-Implications-for-Geospatial-Companies.html' title='Autodesk Sues ODA: Possible Implications for Geospatial Companies [by Adena Schutzberg]'>Possible Implications for Geospatial Companies</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:40:51 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=13Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://cadinsider.typepad.com' title='Roopinder Tara's CAD blog'>CAD Insider</a> (2006-11-21): <a href='http://cadinsider.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/11/autodesk_zeroes.html' title=''>Autodesk Zeroes in On Open Drawing Alliance</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:38:29 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=12Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://autocadder.blogspot.com' title='Anonymous German AutoCAD blog'>AutoCADder</a> (2006-11-21): <a href='http://autocadder.blogspot.com/2006/11/autodesk-sues-oda-finally.html' title=''>Autodesk sues ODA - finally</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:37:39 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=11Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-11-20): <a href='http://aecnews.com/articles/2098.aspx' title='Autodesk Sues Open Design Alliance for Trademark Infringement [Randall Newton breaks the story]'>[*] Autodesk Sues ODA...</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:36:39 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=8Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-09-12): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2006/09/12/2004.aspx' title='Open Design Alliance Reverse-Engineers AutoCAD 2007 DWG'>ODA Reverse-Engineers AutoCAD 2007 DWG</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:34:55 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=6Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.aecnews.com' title='Randall Newton's AEC industry reporting'>AECNews</a> (2006-11-20): <a href='http://aecnews.com/news/2006/11/20/2101.aspx' title='Autodesk Statement Regarding Lawsuit Against Open Design Alliance'>Autodesk Statement Regarding Lawsuit...</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:34:05 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=9Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-05-11): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/05/oda_accuses_aut.html' title=''>ODA Accuses Autodesk of Copyright Infringement</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:32:51 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=2Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://discussion.autodesk.com' title='Autodesk hosted discussion forum'>Autodesk Forum</a> (2006-06-20): <a href='http://discussion.autodesk.com/thread.jspa?threadID=480040' title='Evan Yares: "Trusted DWG is just a renamed and hot-rodded DWGCHECK. Autodesk implemented a version of this in R14, and had to turn it off in a point release on the product -- my understanding is that it was due to pressure from the FTC. "'>TrustedDWG Discussion</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:22:02 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=4Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://alibre.typepad.com/alibre_ceo_blog' title='Alibre CEO Greg Milliken's blog'>Alibre CEO</a> (2006-07-26): <a href='http://alibre.typepad.com/alibre_ceo_blog/2006/07/warning_solidwo.html' title=''>Warning: Solidworks puts DWG data at risk</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:21:40 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=5Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.cadalyst.com' title='Cadalyst Magazine'>Cadalyst Magazine</a> (2006-11-07): <a href='http://aec.cadalyst.com/aec/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=383448' title='If we accept the premise that all non-Autodesk drawings are untrustworthy, there are still several problems with the way Trusted DWG has been implemented... [Steve Johnson's Bug Watch discusses TrustedDWG]'>TrustedDWG Problems (Bug Watch)</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:20:09 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=7Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com' title='Ralph Grabowski's CAD blog'>WorldCAD Access</a> (2006-11-20): <a href='http://worldcadaccess.typepad.com/blog/2006/11/law_suit_shocke_1.html' title=''>Law Suit Shocker! Autodesk vs ODA</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 07:18:51 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=10Heard Through The Grapevine....<a href='http://www.opendesign.com' title='Open Design Alliance'>ODA</a> (2006-05-12): <a href='http://www.opendesign.com/dwg2007update.asp' title='Update on status of DWG 2007'>DWG 2007 status</a>http://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspxMon, 08 Jan 2007 06:05:04 GMThttp://www.cadcourt.com/Grapevine.aspx?ItemId=3