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Microsoft pushes for single global patent system
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| A senior lawyer at Microsoft is calling for the creation of a global patent
| system to make it easier and faster for corporations to enforce their
| intellectual property rights around the world.
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| In a blog posting on Tuesday, Microsoft's Deputy General Counsel Horacio
| Gutierrez said that a backlog of patent applications internationally was
| needed to tackle the 3.5 million pending patent applications around the world
| â including around 750,000 in the US.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/itmanagement/0,1000000308,39736289,00.htm
It's Microsoft lobbying blog:
Improving Global Patents: Think Locally, Act Globally
http://microsoftontheissues.com/cs/blogs/mscorp/archive/2009/09/01/improving-global-patents-think-locally-act-globally.aspx
Related:
Sun exec accuses Microsoft of 'patent terrorism'
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| The efforts of Microsoft to pressure the Linux community over alleged and
| unspecified patents is akin to "patent terrorism", according to a local
| executive for Sun Microsystems.
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http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/Sun-exec-accuses-Microsoft-of-patent-terrorism-/0,130061733,339280437,00.htm
Microsoft, the art of Corporate Terrorism.
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| Microsoft, no longer the technological leader in the Computer Desktop
| market, is taking on a terrorist role in its attempt remain in power
| at all costs. (see the link to the CNN story below)
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| The tactic is intended to frighten current, and would be, free
| software users away from products that Microsoft just can't compete
| with. It's not a new tactic, but for the first time desperation is
| beginning to show.
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http://sweetcomputing.com/index.php?wiki=Microsoft_Terrorism
Convicted Monopolist Terrorizes Software Industry
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| That headline is designed to grab your attention. Sensationalistic as
| it may be, it also happens to be true, if what you mean by 'terrorize'
| is to provoke fear.
|
| If you've been following the presidential race in the United States,
| you know the present crop of candidates have been exploiting the fear
| of the American people as they never have before in the history of
| the country.
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http://www.linux.org/news/opinion/ms_threats.html
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