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Patents – Do you really need them?
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| In the last Venture Capital Journal, Thomas Klein from Wilson Sonsini wrote a
| great article (Actually link doesn't work – this article requires
| subscription) about the diminishing value of patents for early stage
| technology companies. In the short article he quoted 5 recent court decisions
| that have created limited the value of patents. I will not repeat all the 5
| cases that he quotes, but his overall verdict is clear: Leveraging patents in
| the courtroom is becoming harder and harder.
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http://coheda.typepad.com/israel/2008/09/patents-do-you.html
InterDigital Selects Anaqua's IP Management Solution
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| InterDigital develops advanced mobile broadband technologies and products, is
| a leading contributor to the global wireless standards, and has patent
| license agreements with many leading mobile device manufacturers.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/interdigital-selects-anaquas-ip-management/story.aspx?guid={38EE9805-AF8E-47BB-9845-2C25C7D4AFEC}&dist=hppr
http://tinyurl.com/63nrh5
More people join the movement against intellectual monopolies.
Yesterday:
European Patent Office staff to demonstrate for reforms
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| The international Staff Union of the European Patent Office (SUEPO) has
| called on the staff of the office to strike on Thursday 18th of September,
| and to demonstrate in Brussels for a reform of its supervisory board. The
| strike and demonstration are timed to coincide with meeting in the Belgian
| capital of the executive of the patent office, under its president Alison
| Brimelow, to seek approaches to a "strategic renovation". The employee
| representatives expect around 300 staff members from the patent offices in
| Munich, Berlin, The Hague and Vienna to attend the protest rally.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/115940
EPO examiners do not trust Brimelow for her quality reforms
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| According to an EPO internal staff survey of June 2008, only 9% of the EPO
| examiners believes that "Brimelow and the Vice-Presidents actively promote
| patent quality". Brimelow is progressing, since Alain Pompidou, the former
| President, had a trust of only 7%.
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http://stopsoftwarepatents.org/forum/t-89228/epo-examiners-do-not-trust-brimelow-for-her-quality-reforms
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