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IP unites, divides tech companies
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| âThereâs more awareness of patents as an
| asset class,â said John Amster, a former
| executive at Intellectual Ventures who now
| heads up RPX, a San Francisco-based firm
| that buys up patents on behalf of
| technology firms. âCompanies are
| understanding the value of patent
| aggregation.â
|
| Some of the most recent developments:
|
| â A broad patent cross-licensing agreement
| announced between Microsoft and Amazon on
| Feb. 22 gives the companies new
| opportunities to collaborate while
| promising to keep them out of the
| courtroom, even as they increasingly find
| themselves in competition.
|
| â A licensing pact between Bellevue-based
| patent firm Intellectual Ventures and
| Verizon gave the wireless giant extra
| ammunition in a dispute with TiVo.
|
| â Apple this week sued smart-phone maker
| HTC Corp., which makes devices for Google
| and Microsoft, alleging that it violated
| Appleâs patents on technologies behind its
| popular iPhone.
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http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/war_peace_and_patents_how_ip_unites_and_divides_the_tech_industry.html
Questions and Challenges For Defenders of the Current Copyright Regime
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| I can't help but suspect that there is
| some major hypocrisy at work here in how
| copyright law is selectively applied in
| order to benefit special interests at the
| expensive of incentives for maximizing the
| creation and distribution of new works.
| (And please spare me the 'fair use'
| argument. I would completely agree that
| this should be considered fair use. But if
| it is, then one must concede that fair use
| should be applied by the courts far more
| generously that it currently is - so much
| so that it would effectively altogether
| omit the copyright protections which
| currently prevent the creations of
| 'derivative works'.)
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http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?limit=10&chunk=0&perm=593056000000002658
Childrenâs Drawings Painted Realistically
http://www.buzzfeed.com/mathieus/what-would-a-childs-drawing-look-like-if-it-8q4/
The Echo of TomToms in the Amazon Deal
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| Why would Amazon want to cozy up with
| Microsoft on a patent cross-licensing
| deal? "Amazon isn't the kind of company
| you can push around with the threat of
| lawsuits everybody knows you can't win,"
| noted Slashdot blogger Mhall119. "It's
| entirely possible that they have agreed to
| be interoperable with each other in order
| to ensure their unobstructed existence in
| the reader market," said Slashdot blogger
| Eldavojohn.
|
| [...]
|
| Then again, "So long Amazon, it was nice
| knowing you," chimed in Richy_T.
|
| [...]
|
| Still, "Microsoft has never successfully
| proven any patent infringement against
| Linux," noted Barbara Hudson, a blogger on
| Slashdot who goes by "Tom" on the site.
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http://www.technewsworld.com/story/69445.html
Will Microsoft Hold Android Hostage?
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| Right now, we're all worrying about
| Apple's patent claims against HTC, but
| Android may face a similar attack from
| Microsoft.
|
| It's not terribly well known that
| Microsoft claims that it owns significant
| intellectual property used in Linux, the
| operating system at the heart of Android.
| Starting in 2006, Microsoft began reaching
| licensing deals with a number of companies
| that use the open source OS, among them
| Novell, I-O Data, Samsung, LG Electronics
| and most recently, Amazon.
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http://www.androidguys.com/2010/03/05/microsoft-hold-android-hostage/
Recent:
New Senate Patent Reform Bill Details Released
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| Supplemental Examinations: Permits a
| patent holder to provide additional,
| potentially material prior art regarding
| the patent to the PTO. If the PTO
| considers the information and determines
| it has no effect on patentability, that
| additional information cannot serve as the
| basis for an inequitable conduct claim
| later in court. The information must be
| presented to the PTO and any reexamination
| must be completed prior to litigation.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2010/03/04/new-senate-patent-reform-bill-details-released/
Patent Reform Bill Released: More Of The Same
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| It still tries to switch the US to a
| "first to file" system, rather than "first
| to invent" -- which just encourages more
| patents being filed faster, rather than
| better patents being filed. It has the
| same (controversial) damages setup as last
| year, which would be useful in limiting
| damages from infringement, but which many
| special interests hate.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100305/0137448428.shtml
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