Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Patent Reform Act stalls in the Senate
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| After years of heated debate and lobbying, the Patent Reform Act of 2007,
| which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives and was scheduled for a
| Senate vote this session, has been taken off the Senate's calendar. It can be
| revived, but its momentum has effectively fizzled.
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| Apparently, the Senate has better things to do with its time.
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http://www.cnet.com/8301-13555_1-9941241-34.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Let's bet that the Microsoft appeal to the ECJ is about patents
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| Microsoft is appealing the decision of the European Commission over the 900M
| EUR fine. Microsoft is not happy about the patent licensing terms that the
| Commission has negotiated, and want to tax open source projects, such Samba
| and Redhat:
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| Microsoft argues that the licensing terms demanded by the EC violate its
| intellectual property rights.
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| Let's bet that the Microsoft appeal to the ECJ is about patents. My nose is
| rarely wrong.
Let's hope that the more sensible commisioners use this as a cast iron
demonstration that the pro-cii lobby ARE in fact in favour of pure
software patent regime.
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