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Leveraging Through Software Patents
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| In recent years, the United States Patent
| and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a
| rapidly increasing number of patents for
| software-related inventions.
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| In recent years, the United States Patent
| and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted a
| rapidly increasing number of patents for
| software-related inventions. According to
| the Software Patents Institute in the United
| States, thousands of âtrue software patentsâ
| are issued every year, covering such areas
| as business software, expert systems,
| compiling functions, operating system
| techniques, and editing functions. At the
| same time, software technology has continued
| to advance, using combinations of previous
| advances in order to create new goods,
| services, and production processes.
|
| Regardless of oneâs opinion on the issue of
| whether software-related patents are good or
| bad for society, the fact remains that a
| rapidly increasing number of software
| companies are filing software-related patent
| applications every day. This creates a need
| for software companies to begin developing
| programs and procedures to protect their
| intellectual property through the patent
| system.
|
| India is emerging as a world leader in the
| field of software technology. The IT
| software and services industry in India
| grossed an annual revenue of Rs. 37,760
| crore (US$ 8.26 billion) during 2000-01,
| according to the annual industry survey
| released by the National Association of
| Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM),
| the apex body of software, e-commerce and IT
| services industry in India.
|
| [...]
|
| Contrary to popularly held belief that
| software related patents are not permitted
| by Indian Patent Office; there are several
| instances where software related patents
| have been granted by the Indian Patent
| Office. One example is the Software related
| patent no 176178 granted to IBM, USA for
| âSystem for Creating an Application Program
| Packageââ by the Indian Patent Office.
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http://downloadedsoftware.org/leveraging-through-software-patents
IBM, Sun, Others Face Data Encryption Patent Suit
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| IBM Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and Oracle
| Corp. are among a slew of major technology
| companies that have been hit with a patent
| infringement suit by encryption technology
| company TecSec Inc.
|
| In a suit filed Friday in the U.S. District
| Court for the Eastern District of Virginia,
| TecSec claims that nearly a dozen companies
| have infringed 11 of its patents for
| technology used to encrypt commercial data,
| including credit card and health care
| information.
|
| [...]
|
| In April, TecSec filed suit against
| Microsoft Corp. in the Eastern District of
| Virginia, alleging that components of
| Windows Vista and other Microsoft products
| infringed five of the same patents. The suit
| was dismissed in July after Microsoft agreed
| to an undisclosed settlement.
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http://topnews.law360.com/print_article/148603
Patent Litigation Weekly: A Closer Look at a New Patent Study
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| "Patent trolling" has its rewards.
|
| Tech-sector executives and lawyers say
| privatelyâand an informed review of court
| dockets confirmsâthat so-called trolls
| aren't just surviving, they're thriving. The
| essential NPE tacticâsuing a broad swath of
| companies for patent infringement, then
| settling with each defendant for less than
| the cost of fighting such a suitâis now an
| established business model. It's so solid,
| in fact, that patent-holders are starting to
| delve into previously untouched economic
| sectors, suing small retailers and even
| photographers.
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http://thepriorart.typepad.com/the_prior_art/2010/02/pwc-patent-litigation-study-2009.html
Recent:
USPTO likely to adopt 'peer-to-patent'
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| The goal of the Peer-to-Patent Project,
| which ended its second pilot period in
| December, is to allow the public to cite
| prior art to invalidate potential software
| patents, and in doing so, bring an end to
| the patent approval gridlock.
|
| David Kappos, co-creator of the project and
| current under secretary of commerce for
| intellectual property and director of the
| UPSTO, said his agency will evaluate all
| aspects of the project to determine what can
| be improved upon. Kappos said the agency has
| not made any decisions, but that he is
| âdisposedâ to look for ways to continue
| working on the project.
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http://www.sdtimes.com/link/34113
USPTO Won't Accept Upside Down Faxes; Demands Resends
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| I know, the headline seems like a joke.
| After all, what do you do if someone
| inadvertently fed a page upside down into
| the fax machine? You simply turn the page
| over or, if you get an electronic version,
| use the reader software to rotate it.
| Apparently this is not within the standard
| operating procedures of the U.S. Patent and
| Trademark Office. No, if your fax comes in
| upside down, they send you a message in
| return saying that they canât accept it and
| to re-fax. Hereâs a copy of the letter that
| a source, who regularly deals with the
| USPTO, passed along to me...
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http://industry.bnet.com/technology/10005104/uspto-wont-accept-upside-down-faxes-demands-resends/
Obama: Patent office's system is 'embarrassing'
http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/76055-obama-patent-offices-system-is-embarrassing
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