Euro patent workers have no faith in their masters
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| European Patent Office (EPO) staff have "worryingly low" levels of
| trust in the organisation's highest governing bodies, according to
| a leaked internal document entitled Governance of the EPO: a
| staff perspective.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06/11/epo_faithless_staff/
US Patent Office to Try 'Open Source' Approach
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| The goal is to expedite the discovery of "prior art" - creations
| that existed before the applicant for a patent claimed he invented
| them. If successful, the Peer-to-Patent Web site could become a
| kind of SourceForge for intellectual property integrity.
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http://www.betanews.com/article/US_Patent_Office_to_Try_Open_Source_Approach/1181591652
http://tinyurl.com/2wnytr
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Kill the patents, kill the problem
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| Whatever Novell's motivations in its dealing with Microsoft and
| subsequently with the EFF, the fact remains that if software
| patents are shown to be the harmful and counterproductive
| mistake we believe them to be, the industry will benefit in
| many ways. The community must remain united with this in mind.
| Nothing else matters.
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http://opinion.zdnet.co.uk/leader/0,1000002208,39287268,00.htm?r=2
The Patent Puzzle
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| Patent fights are fights about money. The secondary issue, the one
| that makes the headlines, is control. To really understand what's
| going on in the current patent posturing involving Microsoft, Novell,
| and a host of open-source companies and groups, it helps to keep
| those factors firmly in mind.
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http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2138111,00.asp
Linux Foundation Fires Back at Microsoft
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| We ask Microsoft to stop engaging in FUD campaigns that only serve
| to undermine confidence in the U.S. intellectual-property system.
| Instead, please work with us to make the patent system tighter,
| more reasonable, and efficient for everyone in the software
| business.
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http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2007/tc20070525_325967.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_technology
http://tinyurl.com/3ya5lq
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