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To troll or not to troll, is that the question?
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| In a September blog I took IBM to the
| woodshed for its stance on Bilski. Big Blue
| filed an amicus brief (PDF) that I argued
| was disingenuous at best. IBM argued:
|
| Patent protection has promoted the free
| sharing of source code...which has
| fueled the explosive growth of open
| source software development.
|
| Really?!?
|
| IBM was not alone. Novartis, the big
| pharmaceutical company, also filed a
| supporting brief.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10407618-16.html
Federal Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment of Obviousness for Bulk EMail Patent
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| Claim Construction: Interestingly, the
| court issued its summary judgment order
| prior to claim construction. The Federal
| Circuit found no error because construction
| of the disputed claim terms would not have
| changed the obviousness outcome.
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http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2009/12/federal-circuit-affirms-summary-judgment-of-obviousness-for-bulk-email-patent.html
Recent:
IBM says software patents drive OSS development
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| In its Amicus Brief to the US Supreme Court on the Bilski case, IBM is
| arguing that "patent protection has promoted the free sharing of source code
| [...] which has fueled the explosive growth of open source software
| development."
|
| [...]
|
| Read also page 42 of the IBM letter:
|
| In addition, disclosure of software inventions promotes collaboration
| among software developers (such as open source development)
|
| Insane.
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http://www.digitalmajority.org/forum/t-179907/ibm-says-software-patents-drive-oss-development
IBM's Supreme Court Brief Says That Patents Drive Free Software
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/09/03/1616220/IBMs-Supreme-Court-Brief-Says-That-Patents-Drive-Free-Software
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