Microsoft revs its patent machine
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| Microsoft, which once was only a modest customer of the U.S. Patent and
| Trademark Office, has been one of its biggest customers in recent years.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9851948-56.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=BeyondBinary
Yes. "Innovation" excuses. As Stallman recent said, it's a "government-imposed
monopoly". The criminals at Redmond still try to work new rules, never mind
the briberies, the bullying, the extortions...
WordLogic Corp. Gets Second European Patent
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| WordLogic Corp. announced that European Patent No. 1356368 has been granted
| by the European Patent Office for the invention Data Entry Method And System
| For Personal Computer,
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http://www.macroworldinvestor.com/m/m.w?lp=GetStory&id=288790271
Innovative!
"If it [the timing of the donation] had anything to do with the antitrust case,
we would have told someone."
--Ms. Stonifer, director William H. Gates Foundation
Related:
Microsoft infringing on one of Apple Patents?
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| Keep in mind I am not a patent researcher, and I am sure Apple is not
| going to sue Microsoft for abusing one of their patents, but it does
| at least look like Microsoft is abusing this patent.
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http://www.noheat.com/2007/06/22/microsoft-infringing-on-one-of-apple-patents/
Moglen: Microsoft-Novell raises GPL questions
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| "If you make an agreement which requires you to pay a royalty to anybody
| for the right to distribute GPL software, you may not distribute it
| under the GPL," Moglen told CNET News.com Thursday. Section 7 of the
| GPL "requires that you have, and pass along to everybody, the right
| to distribute software freely and without additional permission."
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| "I and my firm don't take comfort from statement from Microsoft that
| they won't sue programmers as long as they don't get paid," Moglen
| said. "We represent developers of free and open-source software. If
| Microsoft or anyone else attempts to sue our clients for doing what
| they do to create software, because they're being paid for it, then
| the people doing that will be sorry. We protect our clients."
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