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[News] So-called Patent Reform Makes Things Worse; Patent System Implosion Near?

  • Subject: [News] So-called Patent Reform Makes Things Worse; Patent System Implosion Near?
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:04:55 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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http://www.patentbaristas.com/archives/2008/02/05/bush-administration-calls-for-tech-neutral-patent-reform/#comment-40379

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| This patent reform is about software companies who tries to get rid of the 
| disadvantages of software patents, while keeping the advantages. 
| 
| This is not gonna work.
| 
| The solution is to scrap software patents entirely.
| 
| This is not going to solve anything for small software companies that cannot 
| even afford to go to court. 
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Patent Exhaustion

,----[ Quote ]
| Okay, this post is a bit inside baseball. But some lawyers and law students 
| may at least find this of interest. In an upcoming case, Quanta v. LG 
| Electronics, the Supreme Court may refine the "patent exhaustion" doctrine to 
| make it more difficult for patentees to extract royalties from multiple 
| parties for the same device.    
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http://blog.mises.org/archives/007729.asp

In case you don't see what patents have to do with Linux, watch the quote below
(from yesterday). Political corruption is being used to legalise software
patents.


Yesterday:

Torvalds worries about patents and slow storage

,----[ Quote ]
| "One thing that has been worrisome over the last few years are … stupid 
| external issues -- especially patents and stuff like that. Those are the 
| things that worry technical people. Probably because they feel like they -- 
| including me -- can't necessarily do a lot about them.   
| 
| "When you don't feel in control you start worrying," said Torvalds.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Torvalds-worries-about-patents-and-slow-storage/0,130061733,339285687,00.htm

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