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NZICT - unwarranted influence on Software Patents?
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| What influence does NZICT have on
| Government Ministers?
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| When asked whether they thought the
| Government would go through with the
| recommendation, he assured me (with a
| knowing smile) that "they'll definitely
| reconsider their position, and reopen the
| issue for discussion". When asked how this
| could be achieved given Simon Power's
| strong statement in support of excluding
| software patents, the board member admitted
| he was surprised by that as well... and
| said that it would certainly make their
| eventual reversal more troublesome (but he
| didn't doubt that the Government would
| reconsider their position and make the
| "right choice", i.e. retaining software
| patents).
|
| Their apparent access to ministers through
| private channels seems somewhat dubious, as
| does their (perhaps misguided) sense of
| their ability to influence government
| officials. This is disturbing and warrants
| further exploration.
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http://davelane.name/blog/dave/nzict-unwarranted-influence-software-patents
USPTO reaffirms patents by which VirnetX sued Microsoft
http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/211900.asp
VirnetX CEO: Patent Office Confirms Patents From Microsoft Trial
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100622-705767.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
VirnetX Victorious in Patent Review
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/virnetx-victorious-in-patent-review-2010-06-22?reflink=MW_news_stmp
VirnetX gets thumbs-up in VPN patent review
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-20008408-38.html
Recent:
Open Invention Network starts buying patents
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| The Open Invention Network (OIN) today announced that it was starting a new
| programme to acquire patents from "entrepreneurial inventors". The
| Distinguished Inventors Patent Acquisition programme offers cash for accepted
| patents while allowing the inventor to patent enhancements to the accepted
| patent. The OIN believe the programme will help independent inventors turn
| their patents into money, without them selling their patents to patent
| trolls, or companies seeking to "impede innovation".
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http://www.h-online.com/open/Open-Invention-Network-starts-buying-patents--/news/113918
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