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Sonia Sotomayor (US Supreme Court Justice) on software patents
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| Sonia Sotomayor, or Justice Sotomayor is
| the newest, and maybe the most worrying
| judge on the US Supreme Court.
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| Sotomayor was previously married to Kevin
| Noonan,[1] a patent lawyer who is very pro-
| patent.
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http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Sonia_Sotomayor_%28US_Supreme_Court_Justice%29_on_software_patents
Here's A Surprise: Red Hat Wins Patent Lawsuit In East Texas
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| The latest is that Red Hat won after being
| sued by a patent hoarder, who claimed that
| every version of Linux infringed on its
| patents. The jury found that the patents in
| question were invalid and tossed them out.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100502/2145409269.shtml
Redhat and Novell lose on less bad patents
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| Redhat an Novell were lucky this time
| because the plaintiffs had failed to
| acquire really bad patents. Bad software
| patents are those software patents that
| meet todayâs bad statutory requirements. By
| contrast, those software patents that can
| be invalidated in court are called bogus
| software patents. Of course even when you
| are attacked with bogus software patents
| you lose time and money, even more so in
| the US, where the loser doesnât pay for
| lawyer fees of the winner.
|
| Typically, as a professional with
| experience in this area told me these days,
| winning a lawsuit of this scale is said to
| cost about 1 million USD. Often companies
| will prefer to pay license fees 250,000 USD
| to the owner of a bogus patent.
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http://eupat.ffii.org/10/05/redhat/
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