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Microsoft patents portable applications
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| On Tuesday, Microsoft was awarded a U.S.
| patent for "portable applications." The
| description of this innovative technology?
| Running an executable file from a flash
| device.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/60912
Removable Features of Operating Systems
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| It is long established that intellectual
| property law applies to computer software.
| Source code written by programmers is subject
| to copyright and, where programmers are
| employees, the copyright is almost always
| assigned to their employer. The processes and
| techniques embodied in that source code may be
| further protected by patents. Individual
| programmers or, as is more common these days,
| teams of programmers invent technical
| solutions to problems, and those solutions may
| be protected by patents. Again, a patent will
| usually be assigned to the employer, if any,
| of the inventor, but sometimes to some other
| organization.
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http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2010/05/removable-features-of-operating-systems.html
Recent:
Say 'No' to software patents
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| Nothing could be further from the truth. As explained above, software patents
| are bad for everyone other than large companies. Each software patent is a
| potential mine in the path to progress for small software companies. Allowing
| software patents in the country will be like strewing the path with mines.
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http://infochangeindia.org/200808137267/Technology/Analysis/Say-No-to-software-patents.html
âSay No To Software Patentsâ Campaign in Bangalore
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| The Free Software Userâs Group, Bangalore is co-ordinating a campaign to âSay
| No To Software Patentsâ in India.
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http://pramode.net/2008/08/14/say-no-to-software-patents-campaign-in-bangalore/
Latha Jishnu: The mouse that bit Microsoft
PATENTLY ABSURD
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| Hereâs what Gates wrote in an office memorandum in 1991. âIf people had
| understood how patents would be granted when most of todayâs ideas were
| invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete
| standstill today. . . I feel certain that some large company will patent some
| obvious thing related to interface, object orientation, algorithm,
| application extension or other crucial technique.â
|
| This was the year after Microsoft launched Windows 3.0, the first of its new
| operating systems that would become hugely popular across the world. Yet,
| three years down the line, Microsoft had changed from a kitten that was
| content with copyright protection to an aggressive patents tiger. In 1991,
| Microsoft had filed fewer than 50 patent applications whereas last year it
| was awarded 1,637 patents, almost a 12 per cent increase in the number of
| patents it received in 2006. According to IFI Patent Intelligence, the rise
| in Microsoftâs patents portfolio bucked the general trend in 2007 when the
| number of patents issued by the US Patents and Trademark Office dipped by 10
| per cent. Apparently several thousand of the companyâs filings are still
| pending.
|
| All this may prompt the reader to conclude that there is indeed a direct
| correlation between IPR and growth â and wealth â as the company claims. Not
| true, says Mark H Webbink, a US Supreme Court lawyer who is a recognised
| voice on IT issues. Charting the companyâs revenues, R&D spending and patent
| filings from 1985 onwards, he shows that the spike in patent filings occurred
| long after the Microsoft âhad become well established and was being
| investigated for its monopolistic practicesâ. Webbink contends that patents
| did not spur the launch and rapid growth of the mass market software
| industry. On the other hand, patents have become a threat to software
| innovation, he warns.
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http://www.business-standard.com/india/storypage.php?autono=330566
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