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[News] Big Blue Patent Shark Does Not Help Free Software re Patents

  • Subject: [News] Big Blue Patent Shark Does Not Help Free Software re Patents
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:49:37 +0000
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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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