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[News] Microsoft Called a "Patent Troll"

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Microsoft the patent troll?

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| A great deal of these look like they've been invented before. Prior art 
| shouldn't be hard to prove on many of these. Every PC programmer thinks he's 
| invented it first, not knowing that they were been doing it years ago in the 
| mainframe world. So the Patent Office gives M'soft the patents because it 
| needs the money, but, I believe that most of them won't hold up in court. 
| Especially as I've written some of these myself, years ago!     
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/39864

Patent trolls have no products. Well...


"Usually Microsoft doesn't develop products, we buy products."

                --Arno Edelmann, Microsoft's European business
                        security product manager

        http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39286351,00.htm

Good News, Bad News on Patent Reform

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| If Silicon Valley wants help in dealing with the so-called patent troll 
| problem you do not need to limit damages, you just need to fix the problem. 
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http://www.ipwatchdog.com/2009/03/18/good-news-bad-news-on-patent-reform/id=2224/


Recent:

Former Microsoft Exec to Release Patent Troll Study

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| The funny part is that this former executive’s company makes its money by,
| you guessed it, collecting patents. The firm has yet to assert any of its
| rights in court, however.
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http://www.xchangemag.com/hotnews/former-microsoft-exec-to-release-patent-troll.html
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