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[News] Software Patents Harm Free Society

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Report on Free Software Free Society, 2008.

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| But this revolution is being threatened by monopolists who wish to control 
| the generation and dissemination of knowledge. Venkatesh Hariharan, Eben, 
| Mishi and Marco gave presentations on the current state of that stupid idea 
| called software patents.   
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http://pramode.net/2008/12/13/report-on-free-software-free-society-2008/

Linux vs. Patent trolls

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| “The idea is to create a defensive patent shield or no-fly zone around 
| Linux,” says Keith Bergelt, the chief executive officer of Open Invention 
| Network, the consortium launching the site. The core members of that group, 
| formed in 2005, are IBM, NEC, Novell NOVL, Philips, Red Hat RHT and Sony.   
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http://truthhappens.redhatmagazine.com/2008/12/09/linux-vs-patent-trolls/


Recent:

Bill Gates, top Microsoft executives do some of their inventing on the side

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| Bill Gates and several of Microsoft’s top technologists are credited as
| inventors in eight newly disclosed U.S. patent applications. That isn’t a
| surprise. But here’s where it starts to get unusual: The applications weren’t
| made on Microsoft’s behalf.|
| [...]
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| Here's what we know: An entity called Searete LLC applied for the patents.
| Searete is part of Intellectual Ventures LLC, the Bellevue-based invention
| house run by Nathan Myhrvold, Microsoft’s former chief technology officer.
| Myhrvold’s company has stirred controversy with its large patent hoard.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Gates_top_Microsoft_executives_do_some_inventing_on_the_side34192179.html


Top Microsoft Execs Moonlighting For a Patent Bully

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| "TechFlash reports that Microsoft bigwigs like Craig Mundie and Bill Gates
| (when he still worked there) have been secretly moonlighting at Intellectual
| Ventures (IV), the 'patent extortion fund' run by Bill's pal Nathan Myhrvold.
| A Microsoft spokesman confirmed that its technologists have been sitting in
| on IV-sponsored 'innovation sessions,' where their pearls of wisdom were
| captured and turned into patent applications for Searete, an IV shadow
| corporate entity. And if all goes well, Searete will soon enjoy exclusive
| rights to the fruit of the brainstorming, which includes processes ranging
| from determining and rewarding 'influencers' to treating malaria, HIV, TB,
| hepatitis, smallpox, and cancer."
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/11/211259


Microsoft fueling Intellectual Ventures, OpenOffice, and other conspiracy
theories

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| Of more concern was the TechFlash's news that Bill Gates, Craig Mundie, and
| other top current and past Microsoft officials make a regular pilgrimage to
| the patent troll, Intellectual Ventures, to feed it ideas which it turns into
| patents. Regardless of what one thinks about patents, shouldn't Microsoft be
| feeding itself with patents, not another company? In other words, shouldn't
| it be the patent troll?
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10094807-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
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