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Microsoft's Amazon deal was all about Linux
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| However, buried in the small print of the press
| release about the deal was a set of
| technologies covered by the agreement including
| the Kindle, which employs open source software,
| and Amazonâs use of Linux-based servers.
|
| What this could mean is that Microsoft is
| popping around to some of the bigger Linux
| based technology outfits and saying: âLook you
| have some stuff we want to use, give us the
| rights to use it and we will not make you the
| first person we sue over Linuxâ.
|
| [...]
|
| What surprises us is that the Open Source
| community has not kicked up more of a stink
| about it.
|
| Jim Zemlin, of the Linux Foundation, wrote
| of the deal that most technology companies
| have invested heavily in patents and that a
| cross-licensing agreement is a non-news
| event. The fact that two entities with
| expensive stockpiles of outdated weapons
| felt the need to negotiate dÃtente is not
| surprising.
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http://www.techeye.net/software/microsofts-amazon-deal-was-all-about-linux
Google, Facebook Sued Over Phone Social-Networking
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-09/google-facebook-sued-over-phone-social-networking-patent.html
Google, Facebook Sued Because Without Some Random Patent No One Would Ever Access A Social Network From A Mobile Phone
http://techdirt.com/articles/20100310/0438248503.shtml
Recent:
Amazon 1-Click Patent Survives Almost Unscathed
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| Zordak writes "Amazon's infamous '1-click'
| patent has been in reexamination at the
| USPTO for almost four years. Patently-O now
| reports that 'the USPTO confirmed the
| patentability of original claims 6-10 and
| amended claims 1-5 and 11-26. The approved-
| of amendment adds the seeming trivial
| limitation that the one-click system
| operates as part of a 'shopping cart model.'
| Thus, to infringe the new version of the
| patent, an eCommerce retailer must use a
| shopping cart model (presumably non-1-click)
| alongside of the 1-click version. Because
| most retail eCommerce sites still use the
| shopping cart model, the added limitation
| appears to have no practical impact on the
| patent scope.'"
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http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/03/10/1950246/Amazon-1-Click-Patent-Survives-Almost-Unscathed
Amazon One-Click Patent Slides Through Reexamination
http://www.patentlyo.com/patent/2010/03/amazon-one-click-patent-slides-through-reexamination.html
Amazon.com's 1-Click patent confirmed following re-exam
http://www.techflash.com/seattle/2010/03/amazons_1-click_patent_confirmed_following_re-exam.html
US Patent Office Decides That One Click Really Is Patentable
http://techdirt.com/articles/20100310/1011108507.shtml
One Click Patent Reexamination over - with claims amended and other Amazon applications rejected in light of my prior art
http://igdmlgd.blogspot.com/2010/03/one-click-patent-reexamination-over.html
Patent attack hits Apple, RIM, AT&T, Moto...
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| Apple, Research in Motion, and a gaggle of
| other deep-pocket firms have been slapped
| with a wide-ranging patent infringment suit
| by an obscure Texas firm.
|
| The suit alleges that Apple and RIM - plus
| AT&T, Insight Enterprises, LG Electronics,
| Motorola, Pantech Wireless, Samsung and
| Sanyo - are in violation of one or more of
| seven mobile phoneârelated patents. The
| allegedly infringed-upon patents include
| ones for Bluetooth connectivity, syncing,
| background processing and other mobile
| matters.
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http://www.ghacks.net/2010/03/10/rescue-that-infected-windows-machine-with-trinity-rescue/
How Hard Is It To Realize That One-Click Buying Doesn't Deserve A Patent?
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| Amazon and Jeff Bezos (who a decade ago was
| a founder of a project to bust bogus
| patents) have aggressively fought to keep
| the patent alive. And so we've now entered
| the fifth year of the review process, which
| seems to involve some rather annoyed USPTO
| patent examiners, who are fed up with what
| appears to be Amazon simply dumping
| busywork on the examiners to avoid a final
| rejection of the patent.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100223/0249208265.shtml
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