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Microsoft brain lateralization patent all about software QA
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| Last Thursday, Microsoft filed patent application 2008/134,132, which
| describes a method of "Developing Software Components Based on Brain
| Lateralization." At first glance, this sounds quite impressive; direct neural
| programming interfaces, after all, is the stuff science fiction is made of.
| Closer examination, however, indicates that our dreams of writing C++ code
| without that pesky keyboard getting in the way remain elusive. Fancy wording
| or not, Microsoft is essentially attempting to patent something far more
| basic: the software Quality Assurance (Q&A) process.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080609-microsoft-brain-lateralization-patent-all-about-software-qa.html
From:
http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-65848/ars:microsoft-brain-lateralization-patent-all-about-software-qa
"Read that over, and you'll notice it mentions neither the brain nor any sort
of organizational/methodological principle that could be described as
brain-like"
More IP garbage and the verge of corruption:
Opponents Say Inclusion Of IP Issues Would Set Back WTO Talks
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| A small group of countries opposing the inclusion of intellectual
| property-related issues in World Trade Organization negotiations has issued
| their response to an earlier “non-paper” that had called for IP issues to be
| integrated with the upcoming horizontal, or all-inclusive, negotiations at
| the WTO.
|
| [...]
|
| The paper is referring to a 26 May proposal, in the form of
| another “non-paper” seeking to ensure that three major IP issues are on the
| table for the horizontal trade talks.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1088
Recent:
Microsoft and Dell await verdict on patent claim
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| The patents were owned by Lucent Technologies Inc, which Alcatel SA acquired
| in 2006. Lucent sued in 2002 claiming infringement of patents for
| computer-video coding used in digital television, DVDs and video games, a
| method for entering data on computer forms, and the use of a stylus.
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http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worldbiz/archives/2008/04/01/2003407949
Avistar baffled over Microsoft patent fight
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| So far, four of Microsoft’s requests have been rejected by the US Patent
| Trademark Office (USPTO) on procedural grounds. If all procedural flaws are
| corrected, the USPTO has approximately two months to decide whether or not to
| grant the requests and hold a full formal re-examination.
|
| Tony Rodde, president of Avistar, said: “Avistar has a lot of questions about
| why Microsoft might be doing this, because some of these patents have nothing
| to do with Microsoft’s technology or business.”
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http://www.vnunet.com/crn/news/2213103/avistar-baffled-microsoft-3916000
Related:
Microsoft is rejected on patents case
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| An appeals court on Friday rejected Microsoft Corp.'s challenge to a $142
| million trial loss over patents on a way to prevent software piracy.
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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/340059_msftsuit17.html
Timeline wins $5M from Microsoft in patent settlement
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| According to Timeline's SEC filing last week, Microsoft agreed to pay
| Timeline $5 million within 14 days as part of the settlement. Timeline, which
| describes itself as a "company ... solely focused on commercializing its
| patent portfolio," had sued the Redmond computer giant and its subsidiary
| ProClarity Corp. for patent infringement.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/071022/1538829.html?.v=1
Visto Wins $7.7 Million in Damages
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| Besides Seven Networks, Redwood Shores-based Visto has sued rival
| Good Technology Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Research In Motion Ltd.,
| the maker of the ubiquitous BlackBerry device that helps keep
| workers connected to their jobs even when they are out of the office.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/061220/visto_patent_award.html?.v=4
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