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Thanks, Eolas, For Making the Flaws So Patent
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| There are two huge problems with the patent
| system â especially the US patent system. The
| first is patent trolls â those who patent ideas
| without any intention of turning them into
| products, but purely with an eye to extracting
| money from companies that do make stuff. The
| second concerns companies that might well intend
| to create a product, but which are granted
| patents for ideas inappropriately â because they
| are not new or are blindingly obvious.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2571&blogid=14
World Wide Web Consortium Presents US Patent Office with Evidence Invalidating Eolas Patent
http://www.w3.org/2003/10/28-906-briefing
Opinion: Eolas might just sue every last, lousy company in creation
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| Eolas, like other patent trolls, has taken an
| obvious idea, somehow managed to con the U.S. PTO
| (Patent and Trademark Office) into giving it a
| patent, and is now suing Adobe Systems, Google,
| Yahoo, Apple, eBay and Amazon.com. Oh, and it's
| also suing Blockbuster, Frito-Lay, Office Depot,
| Sun, Playboy. (Playboy!?) and 10 other companies.
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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9139150/Opinion_Eolas_might_just_sue_every_last_lousy_company_in_creation
Microsoft patent looks to put a time limit on software licenses
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| That raises the possibility of Microsoft charging
| by the hour, day or month. That's already a
| component of many software-as-as-service business
| models. But the Microsoft patent -- dubbed "Time-
| Based Licenses" -- provides more detail on where
| things may be headed when it comes to the future
| of software purchasing.
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http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2009/10/microsoft_looks_to_put_a_time_limit_on_software_licenses.html?ana=from_rss
Skype sees off one patent threat...
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| Skype is claiming a victory in one of the many IP
| suits that are plaguing the P2P phone company at
| the moment.
|
| Robert Miller, Skype's general counsel, said in a
| blog post the other day that the US Court of
| Appeals for the Federal Circuit had ruled in
| favour of Skype and sort-of-ex-parent eBay, over
| a brace of patents asserted by Peer
| Communications Group.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/08/skype_patent_spat/
Recent:
Why Do We Let Juries Set Patent Award Damages? Appeals Court Throws Out Another Jury Award
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| There is a mythology in the US about the value and importance of patents -- and
| because of that, it's not surprising that patent trials involving juries quite
| often end with the patent holder being declared victor, and a huge amount being
| awarded by the jury. Microsoft and Alcatel-Lucent have been involved in a whole
| series of patent battles recently.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090913/1735526175.shtml
Commerce Secretary, New USPTO Head Suggesting They Want More Patents, Approved Faster
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| Two separate stories concerning statements from those in charge of the patent
| system suggest that the new administration isn't about to help fix the
| problems in the patent system, but is eagerly looking to make them worse. It
| starts with new USPTO Director David Kappos, who some thought would recognize
| problems with the patent system from his years dealing with those problems at
| IBM. While IBM is a massive patent stockpiler, over the past few years it's
| at least indicated some recognition that the system is broken.
|
| [...]
|
| The real problem, which becomes evident in reading the article is that since
| the USPTO is funded based on patent application fees, it has every incentive
| in the world, as an institution, to approve more patents. The more patents it
| approves, the more applications it gets, which means more money as well.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090827/0318266019.shtml
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