<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?>
<rss version="2.0" xmlns:s="http://updates.zdnet.com/">
<channel>
	<title><![CDATA[patent system Resources | ZDNet]]></title>
	<link><![CDATA[http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html]]></link>
	<description><![CDATA[White papers, case studies, technical articles, and blog posts relating to patent system]]></description>
	<s:counts start="0" returned="20" found="31" />
	<language>en-us</language>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement ruling ]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=69777&messageID=1335394&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe there is hope for the patent system yet.Just hope is all.But....We ALL know they were bribed.... Lol.Since when was MS's  activation technology taken to court? They're sued for anything nowadays it seems like. Milking the cash cow I presume?The patent system is fineOn the whole, the patent system...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:41:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/linux.html"><![CDATA[Linux]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/operating+systems.html"><![CDATA[Operating systems]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+infringement.html"><![CDATA[patent infringement]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/unix.html"><![CDATA[Unix]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft calls for global patents]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=68664&messageID=1311037&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Who would've thunk that BIG BROTHER would come from the corporate world !Even U.S. sovereigtny is for sale!Next step is ONE WORLD Government.MS *uck off!Megalomania! Sure.. and let's use the US patent system as an example.. uhm.. NO THANKS!There's already a system in place between participating countries where patents are...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft awarded 10,000th U.S. patent]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=60656&messageID=1115948&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft awarded 10,000th U.S. patentMicrosoft is the #1 most influential innovator![i]In December 2008, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE ranked Microsoft?s patent portfolio first in terms of its power and influence for the second year in a row, not just among software companies, but across all industries.[/i]Suck on...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:10:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/keyboards.html"><![CDATA[Keyboards]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/leadership.html"><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/strategy.html"><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/u.s.+patent.html"><![CDATA[U.S. Patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/apple+inc..html"><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/innovation.html"><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/m%2524+patents.html"><![CDATA[M$ Patents]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AAPL</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">AAPL,MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Would patent reform make software patents acceptable?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10535-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=39764&messageID=731081&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Would patent reform make software patents acceptable?Patents System Should be Junked, Not RespectedThey don't work, they only make the lawyers rich, and they are bad for the public.Junk them.]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:11:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tools+%2526+techniques.html"><![CDATA[Tools & Techniques]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[software]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Fixing a broken patent system]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=39707&messageID=729889&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[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...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 05:57:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+reform.html"><![CDATA[Patent Reform]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/sourcing.html"><![CDATA[sourcing]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/inventor.html"><![CDATA[inventor]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/continuation.html"><![CDATA[continuation]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[software]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[NTP: We sue the (wireless) world]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=38622&messageID=707897&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NTP: We sue the wireless worldThe patent system is certainly broken. Hopefully NTP will pay heprice this time. They got luck with RIM that could not afford a shutdown and wanting to get rid of the uncertainty. This as the patents were being invalidated. Well, who knows, in this case,...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:04:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/ntp.html"><![CDATA[NTP]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/research+in+motion+ltd..html"><![CDATA[Research In Motion Ltd.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/wireless.html"><![CDATA[wireless]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">RIMM</category>
		<category domain="tickers">RIMM</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[House votes to overhaul patent system]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=38495&messageID=706004&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[House votes to overhaul patent systemThank you Marcy Kaptor -  big transnational companiesBig Transnational Companies - the enemy has been identified. That would include especially Barclays Bank home of Patty Dunn and queen of identity theft at HP.  Lets recognize also Siemens and SAP who today must be...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:16:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/strategy.html"><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/war-on-terror.html"><![CDATA[War-on-terror]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/al-qaida.html"><![CDATA[al-Qaida]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/big+transnational+companies.html"><![CDATA[Big Transnational Companies]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/innovation.html"><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[AlwaysOn Stanford Summit:  lawyers for Google, IBM, and Apple ponder the patent system]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/Howell/?p=158]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you, like me, have been trying to get your arms around the state of U.S. patent system and the various reforms and changes it is confronting, you hopefully will enjoy my notes from the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit panel on "The Patent Crisis:  Crossroads for the Business of Technology."...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2007 14:21:10 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[Patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/conferences.html"><![CDATA[Conferences]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Patent law changes power ahead in Congress]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11153-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=36417&messageID=669995&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Patent law changes power ahead in CongressSenator Leahy:  "promote and protect" patents.Quoting the quote in the article:"We have reaffirmed our commitment to ensuring that our nation's patent laws promote and protect the inventiveness of all of our industries..." Th e bill intends, of cource, to simplify and standardize the...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/u.s.+congress.html"><![CDATA[U.S. Congress]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+holder.html"><![CDATA[patent holder]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+troll.html"><![CDATA[patent troll]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software+patent.html"><![CDATA[software patent]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Novell joins EFF for patent reform]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-3513-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=34168&messageID=628072&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Novell joins EFF for patent reformOur patent system is definitely brokenOur patent system, which is supposed to encourage innovation, is doing the opposite - it's making people afraid to innovate.It's pretty broken.Software patents should be banned ...... that is the way you reform the patent system. Any solution short of...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 18:25:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tools+%2526+techniques.html"><![CDATA[Tools & Techniques]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/novell+inc..html"><![CDATA[Novell Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/emporer.html"><![CDATA[Emporer]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/electronic+frontier+foundation.html"><![CDATA[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[Patent System]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">NOVL</category>
		<category domain="tickers">NOVL</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Tech Policy Summit: Fixing the patent system...soon]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-10532-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=30721&messageID=569711&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Tech Policy Summit: Fixing the patent system...soonWanted - proof readerEither you had the "mangle text" option of your word processor turned on or you should fire your editor.HOW COULD THE PATENT LAWS BE ANYTHING BUT FAIR?The Government uses the same logic and fairness ideas as all normal humans do.You invent...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:57:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tech+policy+summit.html"><![CDATA[Tech Policy Summit]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft patent case stirs software export fears]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-3513-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=30452&messageID=565544&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft patent case stirs software export fearsWell...I agree with AT&T.  The master disks are not blueprints, they are the product.  Especially if you look at the terms of software licesnes.Granted, I think all software patents should be abolished.The results should be interesting, to say the least.Either:AT&T wins and...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:56:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/tools+%2526+techniques.html"><![CDATA[Tools & Techniques]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/software.html"><![CDATA[software]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/at%2526t+corp..html"><![CDATA[AT&T Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">T</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">T,MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Vonage and Verizon head to court in patent dispute]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1035-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=30444&messageID=565434&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Vonage and Verizon head to court in patent disputeAll patents must die  [nt].The Patent System needs an overhaul NOW!I don't too much care for Verizon anyway but why wait a full 4 years before bringing patent issues up?  I've used Vonage since they first started in 2002-03 and...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2007 20:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/telecom+%2526+utilities.html"><![CDATA[Telecom & Utilities]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/broadband+internet.html"><![CDATA[Broadband Internet]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[Patent System]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mercantilism.html"><![CDATA[Mercantilism]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/verizon+communications+inc..html"><![CDATA[Verizon Communications Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/vonage+holdings+corp..html"><![CDATA[Vonage Holdings Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/phone.html"><![CDATA[phone]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">VZ</category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">VG</category>
		<category domain="tickers">VZ,VG</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft backpedals on programming patent]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-3513-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=29648&messageID=551853&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft backpedals on programming patentMicrosoft backpedals on programming patentIt's all good.  Mistakes happen which is all it was in this case.  Microsoft retracted its patent application and everyone is happy.  Well everyone except Michael Kölling.  Writing a full length blog crying about how he will be...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:23:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/web+browsers.html"><![CDATA[Web browsers]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/blogging.html"><![CDATA[Blogging]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/development+tools.html"><![CDATA[Development tools]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/programming.html"><![CDATA[programming]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/microsoft+corp..html"><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">MSFT</category>
		<category domain="tickers">MSFT</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Patent reform by way of the Ax]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11048-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=27911&messageID=523516&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Patent reform by way of the AxIncentives...The accusation often leveled at you John C is that the incentive you choose is the one that most seems to motivate you to create: property, money, filthy lucre, call it what you will. for some of us though the motivations are different: overcoming...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 09:36:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/leadership.html"><![CDATA[Leadership]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/incentive.html"><![CDATA[incentive]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/motivation.html"><![CDATA[motivation]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Apple settles with Creative for $100 million]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-1040-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=24563&messageID=461176&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Apple settles with Creative for $100 millionprobably wouldn't have happened but....it would have been cool if creative could have held out for acc licensing.but that's a big "Yeah Right!"Apple...Apple gets a black eye! .......  about time!!!Where is everyone?When this story first came out, there was page after page about...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2006 16:03:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/digital+music.html"><![CDATA[Digital music]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/litigation.html"><![CDATA[Litigation]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/digital+media.html"><![CDATA[Digital media]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/game.html"><![CDATA[game]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/aac.html"><![CDATA[AAC]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[Patent System]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/mp3+player.html"><![CDATA[MP3 player]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/apple+inc..html"><![CDATA[Apple Inc.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">AAPL</category>
		<category domain="tickers">AAPL</category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Patent Office needs a 'Slashdot for prior art']]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=20156&messageID=388089&start=0]]></link>
		<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>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2006 13:06:00 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+office.html"><![CDATA[patent office]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/u.s.+patent+and+trademark+office.html"><![CDATA[U.S. Patent and Trademark Office]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/prior+art.html"><![CDATA[prior art]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/slashdot.html"><![CDATA[Slashdot]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Nathan Myhrvold: Invention capitalist]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2895]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Former head of Microsoft Research and now head of patent foundry Intellectual Ventures Nathan Myhrvold doesn't mind being called a patent troll video here and here. He wants to be the first "invention capitalist." His company is built around monetizing inventions and patents (Intellectual Ventures Myhrvold has 18 patents to...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Blog posts]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:24:17 -0700</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/nathan+myhrvold.html"><![CDATA[Nathan Myhrvold]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[More on the mysterious MagSafe connector]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-11408-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=19131&messageID=369084&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[More on the mysterious MagSafe connectorUS patents are ridiculousI can't believe Apple recieved a patent for that.  Magnetic power cords have been on Japanese hot water kettles since 1980.  Look at any Zorushi or other imported hot water kettle and it has a magnetic break away power cord....]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:40:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/magsafe+connector.html"><![CDATA[MagSafe Connector]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+pending.html"><![CDATA[Patent Pending]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[Patent System]]></category>
	</item>
	<item>
		<title><![CDATA[Patent auctions: Lawyer's dream or way of the future?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://talkback.zdnet.com/5208-9595-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=18525&messageID=359046&start=0]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Patent auctions: Lawyer's dream or way of the future?After reading this I feel like I need to take a showerScumbags, all of them.All lawyers go to hell!This "auction" smells like a way for corporate sharks to consolidate and control technology.  They'll just buy up the patents just so they...]]></description>
		<s:doctype><![CDATA[Discussion threads]]></s:doctype>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 04:43:00 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent+system.html"><![CDATA[patent system]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/patent.html"><![CDATA[patent]]></category>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/ibm+corp..html"><![CDATA[IBM Corp.]]></category>
		<category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">IBM</category>
		<category domain="tickers">IBM</category>
	</item>
</channel>
</rss>
