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		<title><![CDATA[Apple's new kick-butt file system pushes on]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple's new kick-butt file system pushes onSounds similarto ReiserFS 4... ]:)FINALLY!Competition in a MEANINGFUL way, not just bells and whistles!Open source seems to be good.Sun being sued for ZFS?Isn't Sun being sued by NetApp over patented idea/technology infringement in the ZFS?Article sounds a bit over-hypedalmost to the point where it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 11:31:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Reform opponents promise patent fight in Senate]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reform opponents promise patent fight in SenateI agreaWhile I admit that I haven't read the proposal, I do agree with everything above in the topic. The patent office is probably underfunded. They do need more employees. They might even need some restructuring. It seems like the problem proposed by opponents...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft wins in second Alcatel-Lucent patent suit]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft wins in second Alcatel-Lucent patent suitMicrosoft wins in second Alcatel-Lucent patent suitGreat victory for Microsoft and everyone else that uses the mp3 format!  This ruling plus the one that will be overturned in the appeals court means everyone can listen to mp3s safely.  You all should be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:04:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech Policy Summit: Patent Office head lays out reform strategy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tech Policy Summit: Patent Office head lays out reform strategyUSPTOI think the problem of the USPTO is bigger than we all imagined. There was I thinking we needed to have a discussion about what fundamentally constitutes a patent, and instead we told that there is an "error rate" of only...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2007 02:57:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[SGI sues ATI for patent infringement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SGI sues ATI for patent infringementIncredible!Amazing - they revert to 60's design principles for I/O and patent it! And the patent office is clueless that this is based on accepted principles that - shucks - are now in the public domain - or should be! Unless this is just a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Patent Office needs a 'Slashdot for prior art']]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patent Office needs a 'Slashdot for prior art'Patent Office needs a 'Slashdot for prior art'Just what the world needs, a bunch of linuxtards slamming everything and anything that isn't linux.  Sadly this is already happening.Anything would be an improvementThe patent office is being overwhelmed by the rapid advance of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Google Earth may catch a break in patent quake]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google Earth may catch a break in patent quakeWhat''s Google doing?Are they simply using the same information and presenting the same results as AMD did with X-86 instructions on their 8x486 processors? Or are they using the same code to get the same answers?The court held that "clean room" duplication...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2006 17:09:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Judge faces 'reality' in BlackBerry case]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Judge faces 'reality' in BlackBerry caseRIMM is stupid"I must admit I was somewhat surprised at RIM's argument, which seems to me to be inconsistent on the one hand, that if the court was to impose an injunction, that it would have a catastrophic effect and the very foundation of western...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 17:07:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will first responders lose Blackberries?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Will first responders lose Blackberries?let NTP solve itIf NTP is so concerned about allowing the service to continue why don't they accept a fair settlement and let RIM continue doing business, or alternatively come up with their service to replace it.  I don't understand why they don't want to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 16:47:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Creative wins patent for MP3 player interface]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creative wins patent for MP3 player interfaceWe need a prior art databaseI am sure I saw this on software programs well before they filed this patent.Even still, this should not pass the non-obvious test.HorribleWhy can't companies compete on a level playing instead of using patent law to reduce potential competition?...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 07:26:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oops.  That DVD should have caused the toilet to flush.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oops.  That DVD should have caused the toilet to flush.I thought patents must not be "obvious"Unless there was something really innovative here, the patent office must have gotten sloppy.  This is about as dumb as the PTO granting Spike Lee a copyright for the word Spike.What about prior...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2005 15:44:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Invention intervention--fixing patents]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Invention intervention--fixing patentsAll spam and no hamFor all the rubbish talked about invention and protecting innovation the patents are *zero* use for technical information.If you want to know about any computer science thing, you don't bother looking in the patents database, its worthless for that. Nobody publishes books on "useful...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 05:56:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[More patent absurdity threatens net commerce]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[More patent absurdity threatens net commerceEnough Dan, we all know there are problems in the patent system..You know, the easy thing to do is knock something.  The much tougher thing to do is find workable solutions.  How about you start thinking about "how do we fix it and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:23:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft, Oracle call for patent reform]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft, Oracle call for patent reformGet it right first time'Post-grant review and opposition "creates another filter through which bad patents can be challenged,"'I don't think second post grant review is enough.Adding a second check/challenge will simply cause the patent office to be more lax on the first check. 'Oh let...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:18:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft wants patent system fixed (but not eliminated)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft wants patent system fixed but not eliminatedPrivatise the patent officeWhen I buy a house from an advocaat, he does all the necessary legal checks to ensure the ownership and stability of the house. He stands behind his opinion and can be sued for considerable sums of money if he...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2005 03:44:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Looming threat to America's high tech]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looming threat to America's high techPatents should be abolishedFREE BEER FOR EVERYONE, DAMNIT!!!:-)Try penalising the patent officeI think the patent office deliberately grants patents it knows to be self evident, incapable of functioning, overly broad, or simple repeat of previous inventions.I think the problem isn't money, I think the patent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 06:05:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple wants patent on iPod interface]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple wants patent on iPod interfaceWill not pass in EuropeIt has to be innovative. Hierarchical structure of any type of objects is not an innovative solution. It's been known for many years.The fact that Apple is successful with it's product cannot constitute use of stupidity at a patent office... well...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2004 09:30:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Bush to nominate new patent office head]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bush to nominate new patent office headVery clear.Very clear Bush wants to appoint the new patent office head that is going to treat Microsoft like the queen whether others owned the relevant patents or not.  Just look at the Eolas vs. Microsoft case.Republicans are for sale.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:56:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Feds reject Eolas browser patent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Feds reject Eolas browser patentTo bad the courts cant act this fast in other cases.nt.this is a welcome step in the right directionMaybe soon the Eolas legal fir... er, one-man sho... er, "software company" can actually get to work on producing something, rather than trying to patent overly broad common-sense...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2004 16:56:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft holds off on Eolas-based tweaks]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft holds off on Eolas-based tweaksmakes senseMakes sense to me.Prepare for the worst, but wait and see.MS might know something about the patent office["The action by the patent office may result in the cancellation of the Eolas patent," ]Lets ignore 2 things...1.  The BIG BUCKS!2.  The patent itself.Basically...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2004 14:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
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