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US ITC to investigate Apple and RIM
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| THE US International Trade Commission (ITC)
| will launch an investigation into technology
| from Apple and Research In Motion (RIM) that
| seems to bear close resemblance to an
| invention claimed by Kodak.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1592558/us-itc-investigate-apple-rim
US agency to investigate Blackberry and iPhone makers
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| The US International Trade Commission (ITC)
| has said it will investigate the makers of
| the iPhone and Blackberry, over technology
| used in their handsets.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8521580.stm
Can Any Smartphone Survive The Patent Gauntlet?
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| Pretty much all smartphones are made outside
| of the US, so they can all be barred by the
| ITC, and with the technology in your average
| smartphone being covered by hundreds of
| patents, it's almost certain that every
| smartphone infringes on a slew of patents.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100218/0322308223.shtml
Firefox Guys Admit That Competition Is What Drives Innovation
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| Imagine if instead of thinking that way, the
| concept of a browser had been patented way
| back when? Does anyone honestly think that
| we'd have as innovative a web world as we do
| today?
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100212/1532358156.shtml
Embargoes = more innovation?
Recent:
Petition to Stop Software Patents in Europe
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| The petition aims to unify the voices of
| concerned Europeans, associations and
| companies, and calls on our politicians in
| Europe to stop patents on software with
| legislative clarifications.
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http://byteday.org/story.php?title=petition-to-stop-software-patents-in-europe.86474
Beltway Issues Poised to Hurt Digital Innovators
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| Patent reform - Patent trolls are reshaping
| the patent landscape; their litigation of
| broad, vague software patents is amounting to
| a "tax" on innovation.
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http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=121042
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