On Nov 22, 2:25 pm, Roy Schestowitz <newsgro...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> IP advisers agree U.S. patent office needs reform
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> | Rai has signed a brief in the case arguing for a broad scope in what can be
> | patented. But Obama co-sponsored a patent reform bill in 2007 that would have
> | prohibited patents on tax-avoidance strategies, Reines noted. He suggested
> | that McCain supports wide patentability on technology, including
> | software. “Software is a very important industry, and Senator McCain believes
> | we need to support our innovation economy critically,” Reines said.
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> | The McCain side didn’t take a position on business method patents.
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> http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/09/08/story4.html?b=12...1694886
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> Related:
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> McCain comes out against Net Neutrality; Says would hire Microsoft CEO Steve
> Ballmer
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> | In another move that was sure to infuriate many geeks, the 70 year
> | old presidential hopeful also said that he would ask Microsoft CEO
> | Steve Ballmer to serve on his cabinet to deal with technology issues
> | if elected. He did not however say what position Ballmer might be
> | hired in, but did joke that he might consider him for a diplomatic
> | position, such as ambassador to China.
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> http://www.thedailybackground.com/2007/05/30/mccain-comes-out-against...
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> McCain advised by software patent & tobacco lobbyists?
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> | McCain is advised by pro-software patent lobbyist Ray Gifford, ex-President
> | of the Progress & Freedom Foundation (a Washington 'think-tank' notably
> | financed by Microsoft lobby proxy CompTIA). Gifford was speaking in a
> | conference Europe about the failed software patent directive with all the
> | pro-software patent lobbyists. Progress & Freedom Foundation runs the
> | IPCentral blog.
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> http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-86361/mccain-advised-by-softwa...
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> McCain senior advisor Carleton Fiorina
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> | But the fact is. A company that wants to invest in patent lawyers can expand
> | the number of patents it holds as it likes. Just reallocate resources to the
> | legal department. And HP under Carly Fiorina did that, increased the number
> | of patents it applied for dramatically. But does it mean more innovation?
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> | I recently noticed that SUN Microsystems announced to abandon its patent
> | inflation strategy as over-patenting was not worth the investment. It is
> | difficult to assess the strategic value of a mine field and you don't find
> | good data how much profit is generated by patents, which patents generate
> | profit or benefit for the company and which are not worth the investment. In
> | most companies investments in patents follow a rule of thumb. Large holders
> | seek profit with patent portfolios like hunters with a shotgun aim for a
> | flock of birds.
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> http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-86439/mccain-senior-advisor-ca...
McCain lost and has little to no political power now. You can safely
remove those articles from your spambot.
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