Sunday, June 24, 2012

A moment of sanity in federal court

In one of the few moments of sanity involving technology patent litigation in the U.S., a federal judge "has thrown the Apple-Motorola Mobility smartphone patent case out the courtroom window and locked the window behind it, making sure it never finds its way back inside his court."

"Judge Richard Posner dismissed the patent case late Friday evening, writing in his opinion that neither side proved any damages caused by the other party. His ruling came with prejudice, meaning neither side can reopen the case to attempt to prove damages for a second time."

Judge Dismisses Apple vs. Google Smartphone Patent Case





Sunday, June 3, 2012

Analyze Now - Retirement Planning Tools

The Analyze Now website offers some excellent (and free) tools for planning your retirement. The programs page contains links to downloadable retirement planning spreadsheets.

This site was founded by Henry "Bud" Hebeler after his own retirement from Boeing Co. Hebeler was a top executive and corporate planner at the aerospace giant and was trained an engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

One of the best spreadsheets at the site is the Free Social Security Planner.