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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...

Tags: Leadership, OPEN SOURCE, Software intellectual property, New software product, new crusade, Perens, crusade, patent law, patent, innovation

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...

Tags: Great! Let, patent law, Big patent law

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...

Tags: Software, Patent Law, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

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...

Tags: innovator, Kamen, patent, Patent Law, innovation

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...

Tags: open source, Patent Law, Microsoft Corp., patent, Novell Inc., SCO Group Inc.

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...

Tags: patent law

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...

Tags: Patent Law, patent, knowledge

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...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Patent Law, Linux, IBM Corp., SCO Group Inc., Sun Solaris, Unix

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,...

Tags: Eolas Technologies Inc., Patent Law, bubba, patent, Microsoft Corp.

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...

Tags: Patent Law, computer, patent, Apple Inc., IM GONNA, PC

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...

Tags: Patent Law, Gateway Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., patent

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...

Tags: patent law, CD-burning, patent, software

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...

Tags: patent law, Microsoft Corp., patent, Microsoft NetMeeting, SPX

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...

Tags: patent, software, patent law, innovation

Discussion threads 2003-10-30

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Microsoft Patents Sudo - So Sudo me!

i do think that it time for some rule and regulation .and some major MS legal bashing . anti-trust Adrian this is shameless self promotionYou would not even have this if a reader had not given it to you. Means nothing but what youre getting out of it, HITS....

Tags: Idiocy, patent, Microsoft Corp., Adrian

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Windows 7? Yes ... uh, wait ... no ...

How do you like this....Microsoft has just patented "sudo":http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20091111094923390RE: Did Microsoft copy Mac OS for Windows 7? Yes ... uh, wait ... no ...Of course, Microsoft has been copying things from the Mac for years. Look at Windows and Mac OS from the very beginning... the Mac had a...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Sudo, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Copyright associations want enforcement for free

The defender of status quo?What a tired old rant. Use technology and the law to enforce ill advised and ill gotten copyright protection.The internet has revolutionized mankind's ability to communicate and share knowledge and culture, and you want to put it under lock and key to deny mankind that benefit?How...

Tags: Benefits, Federal government, Sales force management, Mickey Mouse, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Nokia sues Apple, alleges patent infringement by iPhone

Wasn't it Apple who sued MicroSoft for the "windows" patent .... .... that Xerox, not Apple, owned?Geez! It took long enough for the Buzzards to come back to roost!No it wasn't, you moron.It was about copyright not a patent. But i suppose you just too dumb.Copyright or Patent -...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Nokia Corp., patent

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Nokia frustrated by iPhone US success? Sues Apple over wireless patents

Yes, Nokia has to be frustrated, but, they should put their efforts into anAndroid phone and forget the patent lawsuits. Patents...If Apple didn't get an agreement to use Nokia's IP, then Apple should face a court of law and be held to account.Considering all the other phone makers realize this...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, wireless, Nokia Corp., Apple Inc., patent, GSM

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Will open source biology get anywhere?

Any patent based on publicly funded researchshould be public domain as a matter of law. It is amazing that public money gets poured into research labs, and when a discovery is made it is handed over to Big Pharma along with all the intellectual property.Talk about yet another instance of...

Tags: open source biology, open source

Discussion threads 2009-10-07