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- Software and business method patents take a hit
- Certainly we are not at the end of this, but for the first time in a long time advocates of software patents have been put on the defensive. This is really big. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Software, Patent, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Software Patent
- Blog posts 2008-11-01
- Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue you
- Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue youLitigious Theft. Where does it end?People/Companies like mosquitos, stealing a living by sucking the life blood of others. HEY the internet was my idea, you all owe me billions of dollars. They need to get in line behind...
- Tags: Litigation, database, patent, GraphOn, prior art, software patent, settlement, Google Inc., software
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
- Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the pass
- Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the passEasier SolutionAn easier solution to the problem is to get rid of destructive, insidious software patents completely. Software should never have become patentable.Software patents == utter corruption of our market and will be a major cause of the US losing...
- Tags: Tech Giants, patent troll, patent, software patent, software
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- Should software be patented? This site would like the practice stopped
- A new website entitled End Software Patents is attempting to galvanize public support to accomplish that goal. Here's the core of their argument: Patents differ from copyright in one key manner: independent invention is a valid defense against claims of copyright...
- Tags: Software, Bureaucracy, Software Patent, Tools & Techniques, Management, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Microsoft Patent app describes multimedia note-taking for Windows Mobile devices
- Microsoft Patent app describes multimedia note-taking for Windows Mobile devicesSoftware Patents are dangerousThe US patent regime is obsolete. Software patents in particular kill innovation. It creates a veritable minefield for developers who have to waste resources to patent research. This madness has got to stop before it forces innovation offshore....
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., software patent, software, Microsoft Patent app, Windows Mobile Device, Microsoft Windows Mobile, multimedia, mobile device, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2007-10-19
- The real issue in the software patent fight
- The real issue in the software patent fightThis is why the issue NEEDS to come before the Supreme Court ...The legal basis of Software Patents has never been tested before the Supreme Court. The reason for that is that heretofore all of the litigants in Software Patent cases have...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, software, software patent
- Discussion threads 2007-10-15
- Would patent reform make software patents acceptable?
- Would patent reform make software patents acceptable?Patents System Should be Junked, Not RespectedThey don't work, they only make the lawyers rich, and they are bad for the public.Junk them.
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, patent, software
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Patent law changes power ahead in Congress
- Patent law changes power ahead in CongressSenator Leahy: "promote and protect" patents.Quoting the quote in the article:"We have reaffirmed our commitment to ensuring that our nation's patent laws promote and protect the inventiveness of all of our industries..." Th e bill intends, of cource, to simplify and standardize the...
- Tags: U.S. Congress, patent holder, patent, patent troll, patent system, software patent
- Discussion threads 2007-07-20
- The power to fight Microsoft is IBM
- The power to fight Microsoft is IBMNo one disagree with your point.But there are contributions from many companies and people not just IBM.So IBM is the key to open source's future.Everyone who has an idealistic belief in the future of open source, even in its present values, has to accept...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, IBM Corp., software patent, Microsoft Corp., OIN, software
- Discussion threads 2007-06-19
- Microsoft forces hard questions on open source
- Microsoft forces hard questions on open sourceThe threat is stronger than the execution.The most interesting part of the patent discussion is how emotional open source software advocates become about it.For those more practical than idealistic, the situation is simple enough. All sophisticated software infringes on patents. Licensing fees...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, U.S. Congress, Roberts Supreme Court, open source, software, Microsoft Corp., software patent, IP, patent, Case Law
- Discussion threads 2007-05-24
- Red Hat CEO decries software patents
- Red Hat CEO decries software patentsRed Hat CEO decries software patentsMore lies from the linux crowd. Patents aren't slowing innovation, they are protecting companies properties. If linux distros are so concerned about patents they should have had a better plan than to blatantly copy every one else. ...
- Tags: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, patent, software, software patent, innovation, Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-22
- What should Microsoft do about the 235 "free software" patent violations?
- What should Microsoft do about the 235 "free software" patent violations?Atleast so far they haven't went the way of the patent troll...I would say it would be rather hypocritical of them.Show us the codeA while back, the Linux community demanded of the Microsoftees "show us the code," meaning the code...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, OPEN SOURCE, patent, Microsoft Corp., software, OSS, Linux, software patent, SCO Group Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-14
- Debates over GPLv3, Novell and Microsoft
- Debates over GPLv3, Novell and MicrosoftStraw men[i]Remember, Microsoft is a company just got hit by a $1.5 billion judgement over IP relating to MP3 that they thought they had already licensed. What the open source community is asking is that Microsoft completely lay down its patent defensive capacity while companies...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., Free Software Foundation, software, software patent, open source, Novell Inc., GPLv3
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- Which GPL Will Be At The Bottom Of The Incline?
- Lets talk some more about the open source incline. (The picture is from a political site, but I find it funny.)The other day I noted how SugarCRM is now talking about licensing code under the GPL, rather than the modified Mozilla attribution license it has been using. It is doing...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GPL, incline, software patent, software
- Blog posts 2007-03-22
- Tech Policy Summit: Patent Office head lays out reform strategy
- Tech Policy Summit: Patent Office head lays out reform strategyUSPTOI think the problem of the USPTO is bigger than we all imagined. There was I thinking we needed to have a discussion about what fundamentally constitutes a patent, and instead we told that there is an "error rate" of only...
- Tags: PATENT Process, strategy, patent, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, software, error rate, software patent, patent office
- Discussion threads 2007-02-28
- Software patents and the dependency problem
- Ive long taken a dim view of software patents. I wrote this piece as far back as 2003, arguing that Europe should avoid copying the American approach to software patents, both because they are unnecessary to spur innovation and because it would be useful for Europe to demonstrate why. There...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-02-23
- Do Windows users have an "undisclosed balance-sheet liability" too?
- Do Windows users have an "undisclosed balance-sheet liability" too?I agreeWhen I say "getting rid of software patents is not an option," I'm speaking from a pragmatic standpoint. I'm no fan of software patents, and I've held that belief for quite awhile (http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-5076320.html). Reform MAY be possible, but I doubt...
- Tags: Taxes, window, Microsoft Corp., software patent, innovation, tax, software
- Discussion threads 2006-12-11
- Patent case seeks to silence Nuance voice recognition
- Patent case seeks to silence Nuance voice recognitionanother blah software patent... why? unless the code is word for word..Probaby didnt fringe on it.. its a method of figuring out what the person is saying. I am not sure i agree the idea here is geniune.Patents should be reserved...
- Tags: patent, software patent, Nuance, technique, software, patent case, voice recognition
- Discussion threads 2006-11-09
- Supreme Court to hear Microsoft appeal
- Supreme Court to hear Microsoft appealSupreme Court to hear Microsoft appealMicrosoft FTW!And rightly so , Microsoft should pay up .Isn't obvious already that perhaps the majority of their code is stolen from somewhere else . I mean when does the litigation stop . It's time for everyone to think things...
- Tags: intellectual property, patent, Microsoft Corp., software patent, software
- Discussion threads 2006-10-27
- Europe's software patent war ignites again
- Europe's software patent war ignites againAbsolutely right[i]The problem is, patents are necessary to the software industry, and the software industry is of increasing importance.[/i]No doubt about it. Why, until the US allowed patents on software it was impossible to found a successful software company. Now that we have...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Corp., software, software patent, patent
- Discussion threads 2006-09-21
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