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FATal patent ruling in Germany?
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| Last week the Federal Court of Justice of
| Germany upheld a Microsoft patent related to
| the Windows file system named File
| Allocation Table (FAT). As H-Online
| mentioned in this context, European software
| patent critics dread the notion that rulings
| such as that one could elevate the status of
| software patents in Europe, where different
| national courts have different approaches to
| how to interpret the European Patent
| Convention and its exclusion of patents on
| "programs for computers [as such]".
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http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/04/fatal-patent-ruling-in-germany.html
Making sense means more than just connecting the dots
http://standardsandfreedom.net/index.php/2010/04/29/making-sense/
HTC settles with Microsoft in Android patent deal
http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Microsoft-HTC-patent-agreement/?kc=rss
Why Mobile Patents are Such a Mess
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| Microsoft claims that the Linux operating
| system infringes 235 Microsoft patents, and
| Android, which is Linux-based, violates
| Microsoft patents, too. Microsoft has
| convinced HTC to pay royalties for the
| alleged Microsoft technology in Google's
| operating system.
|
| Why would HTC do that?
|
| Well, Apple is suing HTC for violating 20
| Apple patents covering a wide range of
| technologies. One theory is that with both
| Microsoft and Apple claiming patent
| infringement, HTC has to pick sides. It
| chose Microsoft because the company also
| makes a wide variety of devices that run
| Microsoft operating systems. Because it has
| an extensive relationship with Microsoft,
| and none with Apple, choosing to work with
| Microsoft solves its Apple problem. In
| court, apparently HTC will be able to say
| that it's already licensing the technology
| Apple claims as its own, but from Microsoft.
| That would imply that Apple's beef is really
| with Microsoft, not with HTC. Case closed!
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http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/mowi/article.php/3879156/Why-Mobile-Patents-are-Such-a-Mess.htm
The Empire Strikes Back
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| I believe Bilski will be decided this year
| and software patents may be kicked into the
| garbage heap where they belong.
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http://pogson.6k.ca/2010/04/28/the-empire-strikes-back/
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