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- Google open source strategy not just a patent dodge
- Business and evil.The very first thing in Google's defense is that they make their money by providing advertising services, not by destroying the IT ecosystem with anti-competitiveness like a certain software vendor is hell-bent on doing.RE: Google open source strategy not just a patent dodge"Fact is Google has been a...
- Tags: Patent Reform, strategy, Google Inc., patent, Google open source strategy, Google open source
- Discussion threads 2009-08-07
- Software and business method patents take a hit
- Software and business method patents take a hitIf you want to see technology take off...completely do away with patents and copyrights. Once you free new technology to be improved by all and not just its owner, technology will finally reach its potential.Good news for technology consultantsThe biggest winners from...
- Tags: Patent Reform, software, patent
- Discussion threads 2008-11-01
- Patent reform dead for 2008
- Patent reform dead for 2008Patent "REFORM"What annoys me about pundits who write about patents is that invariably they have never filed for or prosecuted a patent. Thus, they inveigh for things that they have no clue about. Most of the patent legislation is a balancing of special interests....
- Tags: patent, Patent Reform
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Patent reform coming down to the wire
- Patent reform coming down to the wireI love the fact the people who know nothing about technology aremaking these decisions. Then there are the people that issue the patent that know nothing about computers.Patents ruin innovation and increase costs tremendously. You want to copyright, great. But patents...
- Tags: Patent Reform
- Discussion threads 2008-02-11
- Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?
- Patent reform: Stopping the insanity or inventor ripoff?Yes, the awards are completely outrageous.That would be like you inventing a 10 dollar switch an Ford comes along and not paying you for the idea and you get an infringing award of $100 on each car instead of the added value of...
- Tags: disincentive, inventor, Patent Reform, insanity, patent
- Discussion threads 2008-01-14
- Fixing a broken patent system
- Fixing a broken patent systemReform?Patent reform is meaningless unless software patentability is abolished and it remains first to invent. First to file tends to reward companies with deep pockets. Not necessarily the actual innovator.Sourcing has astronomical elasticity. Example: Compression RDK_aa3.4.6..i2Bill Gates owns most anything to be said and made for...
- Tags: Patent Reform, sourcing, patent system, inventor, patent, continuation, software
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Patent reform effort in Congress
- Patent reform effort in CongressJust like in the funny-papersOr the comics, if you prefer.Stick another piece of bubble-gum on the hole to patch it. that should do the trick. That's exactly how we got our wonderful IRS system. Glue all the broken pieces together with bubble-gum and paint over all...
- Tags: Patent Reform, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2007-04-25
- Patent reform--or else
- Patent reform--or elseFair storyThe issue really is the patents themselves. We need to develop a new system to handle and approve the entire patent process. I don't know exactly what it is, but I have my own ideas....number one: NO SOFTWARE PATENTS. Software is copyrightable. ...
- Tags: patent, Patent Reform, software
- Discussion threads 2005-05-24
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- News to know: Windows 7, Net Neutrality, Nokia-Apple; Kindle
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Windows 7 Coverage Andrew Nusca: Liveblog: Microsoft CEO Ballmer kicks off Windows 7 availability Adrian Kingsley-Hughes:...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., Andrew Nusca, Apple Inc., Net Neutrality, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-23
- Intel's Otellini: Strong second half; recovery coming in 2010
- Recovery is already starting up...Around us, I've noticed construction is starting back up, which means jobs are starting to appear again, which means people won't be losing their homes, which means our local economy is restarting after the craziness. It's about time!RE: Intel's Otellini: Strong second half; recovery coming in...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Otellini, patent, recovery
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Intel's Otellini: Strong second half; recovery coming in 2010
- Intel CEO Paul Otellini took the stage at the Web 2.0 Summit today and kicked off the conversation with some good economic news: "We found bottom," he said, and it was discovered earlier than anyone might have thought. "It's been a strong second half and it's not...
- Tags: U.S., Patent, Recovery, Paul Otellini, Intel Corp., Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- News to know: Adobe; OpenSUSE; Ubuntu; IBM; P2P; Palm
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Adobe Flash for all smartphones ... except iPhone Andrew Mager: Google and Adobe join forces on Open...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Data Center, Information Technology, P2P, Palm Inc., Novell OpenSuse, Jason Perlow, Apple Inc., Beta, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Tablets, Cloud Computing, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-05
- News to know: Microsoft, ICANN, Best Buy, RIM, mobile apps, Zimbra
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Richard Koman: Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft CNET: Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement rulin Sam...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, ICANN, Dana Blankenhorn, Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Sales, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
- News to know: Verizon's Pre; Tornado; IDF; iPhone MMS; RedHat; Gmail outage
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Report: Verizon says no to Palm Pre Andrew Mager: Tornado: The real-time web server from...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, MMS, Red Hat Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., E-mail Providers, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications
- Blog posts 2009-09-25
- i4i vs. Microsoft appeal heard; Trash talk ensues
- i Just hope taht MS will have it in the jaw big time For once a little guy could give the knock-out to MS would be a joy ....Would be so niceWould love to see this one almost bankrupt Microsoft.Would love it even more if the next one wipes them...
- Tags: OpenOffice, Custom XML, Microsoft Corp., I4i
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- News to know: Adobe; Sergey Brin; Apps.gov; Oracle; Facebook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Adobe to acquire Ominture; CEO calls move a 'game-changer' Larry Dignan: Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Sergey Brin, OIN, Enterprise Service Bus, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Tablets, Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2009-09-16
- OIN suggests patent reform on the fly
- "Bergelt thinks"That does say it all.It would appear that I was right: IBM is a cofounder of OIN, which would indicate that IBM does indeed wish to control Linux thru patents, using the OIN as a front, or "white hat" as it were.This is the game IBM is playing, I...
- Tags: OIN, patent, software patent, Linux, software
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- OIN suggests patent reform on the fly
- We want to develop more rigor about codifying what we know so others can't invent around what we already know. Patent only those things that are truly unique and wrap them with defensive publications. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Patent, OIN, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-09-15
- Court overturns $358m verdict against Microsoft
- If we only had real hope...If we only had real hope that sanity would return to the realm of patents. The current system of rubber stamping every patent application combined with outrageous damage awards has gotten out of control. We need real patent reform and we need it yesterday.RE: Court...
- Tags: patent, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-13
- Open source file-system vendor signs patent deal with Microsoft
- All these patent deals that linux vendors are signing with Microsoft, there must be something that Microsoft has going for it. Poor TomTom, wasn't smart enough to do this and keep themselves out of trouble.RE: Open source file-system vendor signs patent deal with MicrosoftAnother one bites the dust! ...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, open source, Microsoft Corp., GPL, Tuxera, software, Linux, patent, patent deal
- Discussion threads 2009-08-26
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