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Court Transfers Part of Patent Case Involving Microsoft to Texas
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| A Delaware federal judge's transfer of part
| of a patent infringement case involving
| software giant Microsoft Corp. to the Eastern
| District of Texas is the latest example of
| the federal courts' shifting approach to
| patent litigation venue battles. The decision
| is also notable in that the Eastern District
| of Texas, known as a plaintiff-friendly
| venue, has itself recently started to
| transfer cases to other venues in compliance
| with recent federal appellate decisions.
|
| [...]
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| QuinStreet dragged Microsoft into the case in
| January 2008 with a third-party complaint
| asking the court to rule that Microsoft
| should reimburse QuinStreet for any damages
| awarded to Parallel Networks. QuinStreet
| alleges that if it is infringing Parallel
| Networks' patents, that is due to
| QuinStreet's use of Microsoft's Web server
| software for Web page generation.
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http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202435252498&Court_Transfers_Part_of_Patent_Case_Involving_Microsoft_to_Texas
Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court
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| "Technology companies care about this case
| because it will define what you can and
| cannot get a patent on," said Emery Simon,
| counselor to the Business Software Alliance,
| which represents large technology companies
| including Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp.
| "The scope of patentability could have
| ramifications for the path that technology
| takes."
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gA7lvjgIZulp5DlsRc_r8xL4gRDAD9BQQ8QG0
Recent:
Red Hat files brief in Supreme Court patent case
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| Red Hat is adding its say to the Bilski patent case,
| filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court emphasizing
| practical problems with software patents.
|
| Red Hat argues that the patent system is supposed to
| foster innovation, but in software it does the
| opposite, slowing and discouraging innovation. Software
| products may involve thousands of patentable
| components, leaving developers to risk defending costly
| patent infringement claims.
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/red-hat-files-brief-in-supreme-court-patent-case-176
Red Hat Files its Bilski Brief: Asks Supreme Ct. to Exclude Software From Patentability - Updated, text
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| They stand alone alone so far among vendors, willing to
| stand up and express what the FOSS community would
| really say if it could speak with one voice to the
| Supreme Court. This is certainly what *I* would say if
| I had that chance. And so I am satisfied. I was going
| down the depressing list of briefs filed for Petitioner
| on the ABA's list of filed amicus briefs, and it was so
| frustrating to see no one saying anything like what I
| believe to be technically true about software patents
| or addressing the specific needs of Free and Open
| Source software. At last someone has told them what we
| wanted to say. I just hope the Supreme Court has some
| techies in the clerk pool!
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http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091001154227155
Red Hat comes out swinging against software patents
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| What do Microsoft, Red Hat, and Canonical all have in
| common? They all dislike software patents. Don't get me
| wrong. Many companies that are anti-patent also hold
| and use patents against their enemies. Microsoft is one
| of those. But, if you get an in-house corporate IP
| (intellectual property) lawyer from any company in a
| bar, he or she will tell you that software patents are
| awful. So, I'm pleased to report that Red Hat, has
| filed an amicus curiae brief with SCOTUS (Supreme Court
| of the United States) asking the Court to adopt the
| Bilski case ruling and explictly extend it so that
| software can't be patented.
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http://blogs.computerworld.com/14840/red_hat_comes_out_swinging_against_software_patents
Red Hat files Software Patent Brief
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| Oh and one section in all caps âAN ABSTRACT IDEA DOES
| NOT BECOME PATENTABLE MERELY BY IMPLEMENTING IT IN
| COMPUTER SOFTWAREâ.
|
| A further note of interest is the references Red Hat
| draws upon, including thinkers such as Donald Knuth and | Richard M. Stallman.
|
| For a laugh, one might like to contrast the vital
| effort Red Hat is making here attempting to correct
| what is almost universally recognized as a broken
| patent system hindering software innovation and
| personal freedom with Novellâs press release today,
| âGot Mono?â where Novell takes another opportunity to
| hawk Mono and .NET.
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http://www.the-source.com/2009/10/red-hat-files-software-patent-brief/
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