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In re Bilski - Let us get back to work
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| Software evolved in a climate free of
| patents, but a relaxing of the rules by the
| United States Patent and Trademark Office
| (USPTO) has lowered the bar for patent
| claims. During the last two decades,
| thousands of software patents have been
| issued on business methods, data structures
| and process descriptions that take no
| account of how software is developed - and
| this effect has been enforced around the
| world through the auspices of the World
| Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
| and the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
|
| Because software deals in language and the
| expression of mathematical constructs and
| ideas, advocates of free software have
| argued that code should be treated in the
| same way as the written word, which is
| subject to copyright. Patents on software
| are, in effect, a tax on ideas. We are
| obliged to search and exclude the idea that
| someone else may have claimed ownership to,
| or pay the price for having the same idea.
| Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law
| Center (SFLC) takes the view that: "Software
| patenting has been a scourge in the global
| technology industries," and that "computer
| programs should be as ineligible for patent
| protection as mathematical equations or
| precise descriptions of physical laws."
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http://www.h-online.com/open/features/In-re-Bilski-Let-us-get-back-to-work-837618.html
Apple to 'vigorously' fight Nokia patent pout
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| Apple will "vigorously" defend itself
| against Nokia's patent infringement suit,
| according to Cupertino's SEC 10-K annual-
| report filing (PDF) issued Tuesday.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/10/28/apple_will_fight_nokia/
Recent:
Apple Wants Patents For Crippling Cellphones
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| "Evil is in the eye of the beholder, but there's certainly not
| much to like in the newly-disclosed Apple patent applications
| for Systems and Methods for Provisioning Computing Devices.
| Provisioning, says Apple, allows carriers to 'specify access
| limitations to certain device resources which may otherwise be
| available to users of the device.' So what problem are we
| trying to solve here? 'Mobile devices often have capabilities
| that the carriers do not want utilized on their networks,'
| explains Apple. 'Various applications on these devices may also
| need to be restricted.'"
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http://apple.slashdot.org/story/09/10/02/1214248/Apple-Wants-Patents-For-Crippling-Cellphones?from=rss
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