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- Perens new crusade is patent law
- Perens new crusade is patent lawBull, there is no lack of innovation.True, open source is not free to take others ideas but that is how it should be. Face it, open source is nothing but knock off copies of propriatary. Sorry but thats just how it is.As to...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- Big patent law reform on the way?
- Big patent law reform on the way?SCOX was NEVER ABOUT PATENTSThe stillborn lawsuit is a contract dispute for "The SCO group." "The SCO Group" has never sued over software patents, with IBM. They have changed their story of "millions of lines of infringing code" but has never been...
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- The real issue in the software patent fight
- While the Linux Foundation promises to fight with the "same energy and effectiveness" as in the SCO suit, while Groklaw seeks prior art and own own Matt Asay sees conspiracies in the IP Innovation suit, I think it might be better to discuss the real issue here. Good...
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Patent law overhaul: Bad for start-ups?
- Patent law overhaul: Bad for start-ups?All patents must die [nt].The same dire cries were heard ....The same dire cries and predictions were heard decades ago whenthe "truth in lending" reforms were instituted for the financialsector.You have to admit, they do have a pointand it is a very valid one.Re: Patent...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
- Delay in SCO justice gives Microsoft hope
- Delay in SCO justice gives Microsoft hopeI liked that water interfaceThere are a lot of areas where innovation is needed, and Microsoft came up with one. Which is good. Too bad it wasn't as good as the Nintendo Wii joystick.The COUPONS....the coupons MS distributed WITHOUT an expiration date!!After portions of...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-13
- Bill aims to school judges in patent law
- Bill aims to school judges in patent lawHow about schooling judges......on the ravages of encroaching socialism.Oh, wait--that's where they get their paycheques.Better IdeaWe have a independent Federal Tax Court system why not a patent court system? One of the big problems that the Patent Office has complained about in...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-19
- Putting a stop to patent exploitation of traditional knowledge
- Putting a stop to patent exploitation of traditional knowledgeThis concept should be extended to IT as wellHow much more would innovation be served if it were freed of the 'threat' of lawsuits from those speculative companies who 'mine' 'traditional' IT concepts? Microsoft has literally thousands of patents and is 'lying...
- Discussion threads 2005-12-28
- Rx for Linux: Part 2 - SCO, Patents, and Money
- Rx for Linux: Part 2 - SCO, Patents, and Money...except that's not what happened.".. the basic claim is just that some IBM people allowed some contractually protected Unix system code to leak into the Linux development tree. Well duh, the issue here isn't whether it happened ..."Well, DUH, that's exactly...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-18
- Microsoft seeks rehearing in Eolas case
- Microsoft seeks rehearing in Eolas caseI tend to agree the Appeals Court made a mistake.In all honesty, I am not certain how the Appeals Court believes a patent registered in the US has authority in other countries unless there are recipical agreements between the two countries. (And no,...
- Discussion threads 2005-03-22
- Apple hints at colorful computer plans
- Apple hints at colorful computer plansOoh man, the colors....Yes sir, real innovation there...I guess we knowwhat the new imac will look like. I never really liked the candy colors imacs. I much prefered the desk lamp style one. I really hope Jobes isn't going back to that cheesy...
- Discussion threads 2004-08-16
- HP files patent suit against Gateway
- HP files patent suit against GatewayPatent suits are soon to followYes, there will be more since no one pays attention to others rights.One has to wonderhow anyone can have a technology business of any type? 6000 related patents on peecees? 21000 worldwide? It seems to me that there...
- Discussion threads 2004-03-25
- CD-burning software prompts patent suit
- CD-burning software prompts patent suitdetails?so what are the details of THIS patent now... do we have another case of overly broad patents? sheesh.... if this was really the case, they should ahve said something BEFORE the technology was bieng used by all these other companies. silly money grubbing...
- Discussion threads 2003-12-15
- Jury awards SPX $62 million in Microsoft case
- Jury awards SPX $62 million in Microsoft caseTaking a line from Ax_Grinder...."we continue to stand firm in our belief that there was no infringement of any kind on the Imagexpo patent and that the technologies in question are indeed different"I'm "afraid" the jury disagrees.....:o)criminal M$ steals againBut the justice is...
- Discussion threads 2003-11-17
- Patent overhaul gets a boost
- Patent overhaul gets a boostIt is about timeThe last three points are music to my ears, how can you make a buck in the biz if someone wants you out and they gots the legs to stand with and you always get them cut out from under you because of...
- Discussion threads 2003-10-30
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- Private sector necessary to achieve infrastructure growth, U.S. CTO says
- Private sector necessary to achieve infrastructure growth, U.S. CTO saysCap & TradeYes, and the Cap & Trade errr. Tax & Trade will destroy the economy as well.Good luck...Private investors just got slaughtered over ChryslerAnd you think anyone of them would be dumb enough to get involved w/ government any more?RE:...
- Discussion threads 2009-06-11
- Yo, ho ho! Sweden sends a Pirate to Parliament
- Arrgh, matey members of Parliament! The Pirate Party won 7.1 percent of the votes in Sweden's election, enough to take one of Sweden's 18 seats in the European Parliament, AFP reports. The name is ironic, since its members believe there is a certain right to fileshare -...
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Best Legal Tips 1.0 (Mobile)
- Best Legal Tips contains 1001 legal tips and tricks including intellectual property (patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, misappropriation, and unfair competition), contracts and general corporate governance, including tax tips, LLCs versus S Corps, and advice for creating new companies, family law, divorce, bankruptcy, child custody, marriage, and alimony, property, real...
- Software downloads 2009-06-08
- Microsoft to pay $200 million for patent infringement
- Microsoft to pay $200 million for patent infringementPretty frivolous patent hereAbout on the level of Microsoft's Page Up/Page Down patent.Live by the patent sword, die by the patent swordMicrosoft are 'disappointed' that once again they have been caught out stealing other people's ideas, incorpoarting those ideas into their own branded...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Microsoft, Linux Foundation issue joint letter opposing proposed software-licensing principles
- Microsoft, Linux Foundation issue joint letter opposing proposed software-licensing principlesTranslationWe linux and MS know most of our software is crap, and if you make us warranty it, we're screwed.I find this very interesting!The amazing thing about software, if written correctly, is that you CAN guarantee it will do the same...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
- Should drug companies know what the doctor prescribed
- One of the big controversies heading for the Supremes Court's docket soon will probably be the case of IMS Health vs. Ayotte. It's an interesting test case on what data can do for medicine, asking whether we want it done or not. At issue...
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
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