Giving the Lie to Patents and Innovation
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| This leaves open source software, and particularly community software (as
| compared to FOSS that is supported by major vendors), more vulnerable to
| those that oppose it, or are threatened by it.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20071107044814132
Suddenly Microsoft has begun filing in large amounts...
Tech standards panel sues Alcatel
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| Alcatel-Lucent set up a trust to hold patents for MPEG-2 technology in
| violation of an agreement to share the inventions in the patent-licensing
| pool, MPEG LA said this week in a Delaware Chancery Court complaint.
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http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071104/BUSINESS/711040320/1003
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| The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will host On November 6,
| 2007, at its Geneva headquarters, the sixth in a series of colloquia on
| various aspects of the patent system to provide information on different
| patent-related topics and facilitate exchange of information among
| stakeholders.
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http://www.ag-ip-news.com/GetArticle.asp?Art_ID=5164&lang=en
Related:
Getting Inventive With Software Patents
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| A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to talk to OIN's CEO, Jerry
| Rosenthal, who was with IBM for 37 years before setting up OIN. His comments
| about patent trolls – companies whose business is based purely around suing
| others for alleged patent infringement, rather than on making and selling
| things – and how to deal with them, are particularly interesting in the light
| of what has happened since the interview took place.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1001964
Getting Inventive With Software Patents
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| A couple weeks ago I had the opportunity to talk to OIN's CEO, Jerry
| Rosenthal, who was with IBM for 37 years before setting up OIN. His comments
| about patent trolls – companies whose business is based purely around suing
| others for alleged patent infringement, rather than on making and selling
| things – and how to deal with them, are particularly interesting in the light
| of what has happened since the interview took place.
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1001964
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