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The Once and Future Economy
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| This is yet another reason why the lock down of knowledge by intellectual
| monopolies is simply unacceptable in a world that will be predicated on
| sharing digital stuff, just as we used to share the physical stuff that
| Nature gave us a few hundred thousand years ago.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/01/once-and-future-economy.html
Siemens patent snafu sees Seagate slip away
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| Siemens reckoned Seagate had infringed a group of patents it thought it owned
| concerned with multi-layer hard disk drive sensor technology in GMR (Giant
| Magneto-Resistive) read heads. Siemens claimed up to $1bn in damages, based
| on all Seagate hard drives shipping since 2000 using its patented technology.
| Subsequently this was reduced to $366m, which it calculated as a three per
| cent royalty on Seagate HDD sales of $12.2bn in the relevant period. The
| judge then restricted the damages claim to royalties on disk drive sales
| after November 24 2004, which amounted to $160m.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/06/seagate_escapes_siemens_patent_claim/
The (Intellectual Monopoly) Biter Bit
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| The author of a proposed Chilean law to fight copyright infringement was
| greeted with the warning message "This copy of Microsoft Office is not
| genuine" when he was making a presentation about it.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/01/intellectual-monopoly-biter-bit.html
Recent:
European Patent Office staff on strike
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| Patent examiners and other staff of the European Patent Office (EPO)
| demonstrated outside the European Commission offices Thursday, demanding a
| thorough re-examination of the EPO.
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| The staff union, SUEPO, say that lowering the quality of patents will have a
| disastrous effect on innovation which will affect every consumer. Their 'Save
| The EPO' campaign is not aimed at increasing wages but in reinforcing patent
| quality.
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http://www.expatica.com/be/articles/news/European-Patent-Office-staff-on-strike.html
Patentability of computer programs, recent Court of Appeal judgment and
questions raised by the President of the European Patent Office
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| 4. In the light of this development, the UK-IPO will not seek to appeal the
| Symbian judgment further. The UK-IPO agrees with the Court of Appeal in that
| it would now be premature to seek a view from the House of Lords when
| European practice is likely to be settled shortly by a decision of the EPO’s
| Enlarged Board of Appeal. The UK-IPO will have an opportunity to submit
| observations to the Enlarged Board of Appeal on the questions put to it. In
| order to inform any such observations the UK-IPO will undertake a study to
| determine the economic impact of patenting computer programs.
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http://www.ipo.gov.uk/pressnotice-3.htm
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