Google, Microsoft Sued Over Keyword Auction Patent
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| Last year, 13 patent-infringement claims were filed against Google, eight of
| them in the Eastern District of Texas. Seventeen patent suits were brought
| against Microsoft in the Eastern District of Texas in 2007, to say nothing of
| the wide array of cases brought against the company elsewhere.
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206504250
Also of importance:
Business Method Patents To Face Scrutiny By En Banc Federal Circuit
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| Dennis Crouch has an excellent summary of the Federal Circuit's en banc order
| today, revisiting whether business method claims are patentable and whether
| State Street Bank should be overruled.
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http://trolltracker.blogspot.com/2008/02/business-method-patents-to-face.html
Recent:
Trend Micro patent claim provokes FOSS community, leads to boycott
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| Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center is aware of the case, and is
| considering a patent re-examination request or another intervention in the
| case.
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| Contacted by Linux.com, Barracuda's Drako acknowledged the array of reactions
| by saying, "We at Barracuda want to extend our thanks to the tremendous
| number of individuals who expressed support for our defending the use of
| ClamAV free and open source software, as well as to the community members
| that have submitted prior art."
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| If Trend Micro hasn't already, it is about to find out that the case is about
| free software after all.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/126851
Related:
When Patents Threaten Science
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| Patents should not be used to protect laws of nature, products of
| nature, or mathematical formulas.
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http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/314/5804/1395
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