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		<title><![CDATA[OIN outmanuevers Microsoft, buys Linux patents]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Win-Win for Linux distro's!As long as the Open_Source movement steamrolls ahead little by little the M$ Regime will deteriorate over time. RE: OIN outmanuevers Microsoft, buys Linux patentsIs it fair to say that OIN out maneuvered MS if you cannot tell if the patents have value?  Surely, the open-source...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:34:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[OIN outmanuevers Microsoft, buys Linux patents]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=4800]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The Open Invention Network seems to have one upped Microsoft. Â Or has Microsoft one upped OIN?    Either way, it's win-win for Linux.    Yesterday, OIN, whose mission is to defend Linux and open source from patent trolls, purchased 22 Linux related patents Microsoft recently sold...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:13:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Linux group buys up 22 patents]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing but good news here. You are now free to innovate.And Microsoft was hoping these would end up with a patent troll who would assert them against open source companies . . . . Makes me want to cry!!And where in your paranoid imagination did you come up with that?Honestly,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:14:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Will XTent go whole or in pieces?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The intellectual property held by this company could cause the industry a lot of grief down the road if it gets cut in pieces, or goes to some patent troll. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft patent loss: It's about activation not validation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft patent loss: It's about activation not validationWhy notMicrosoft sueing the Patents Troll for a completly uneffective.Windows WGA is most pathetic and easy to bypass illegal DRM evermade.Live by the bogus software patent lawsuit . . . . . . die by the bogus software patent law suit.Conficker 'Windows' patents...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:19:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beating patent trolls at their own game]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beating patent trolls at their own gameIs this legal?Zounds!  It sounds like patent extortion -- er, protection -- to me.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:35:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Beating patent trolls at their own game]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://government.zdnet.com/?p=4515]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Saul Hansell's piece in the Times is called Trolling for Patents to Fight Patent Trolls. Kinda like a war for peace.    At a recent patent auction in San Francisco, which in general didn't go that well for the auctioneers, one company that was snapping patents up was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:31:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Patent troll sues Oprah over Sony BookReader(!??)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patent troll sues Oprah over Sony BookReader(!??)RE: Patent troll sues Oprah over Sony BookReader(!??)As a retired product designer for over 25 years, I can assure that somewhere there is a vulture sitting there with a patent under it's wing for putting your finger up your nose. It's just waiting for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:27:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Patent troll sues Oprah over Sony BookReader(!??)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A patent that got its attorney-inventor fired from his firm for suing Google is now being used against Oprah and Sony. by Richard Koman]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:42:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[File your open source code with Linux Defenders]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=3177]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[All you need do is register your code with the site and the OIN members will get that information to IP.Com,  a database the folks at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office themselves use to determine whether something has been invented. by Dana Blankenhorn]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:22:42 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RPX: Can it defend against patent trolls?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RPX: Can it defend against patent trolls?"So-called"?So-called? I think troll is a good and descriptive word for them. A gazillion patents with no purpose except as ammunition in a lawsuit. Companies whose sole reason for existence is to sue people. A minefield of software patents, many of which are so...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:36:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RPX: Can it defend against patent trolls?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10993]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A startup on Tuesday will launch in an attempt to fix the current patent mess and defend against so-called patent trolls.    The startup--RPX Corp.--is a so-called defensive patent aggregator. RPX--short for Rational Patent--aims to reduce the costs associated with non-practicing entities NPEs. These NPEs--known as patent trolls...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:11:41 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?One thing I would like to knowHow many of those patents are actually [i]inventions[/i]?RE: Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?That is a bit fuzzy isn't it. Initially here's all you'll find.http://www.intellectualventures.com/inv_main.aspxEveryone plays by the same rulesHow can he be considered a troll?  He is doing for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 04:10:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Nathan Myhrvold: Alpha patent troll?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=10069]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Former Microsoft exec Nathan Myhrvold has been collecting patents, extracting fees from technology companies via his company Intellectual Ventures. Is Myhrvold a patent troll with tech cred?    The Wall Street Journal has a long account of Myhrvold's patent collecting efforts and how he is winning multimillion dollar...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:12:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the pass]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the passEasier SolutionAn easier solution to the problem is to get rid of destructive, insidious software patents completely. Software should never have become patentable.Software patents == utter corruption of our market and will be a major cause of the US losing...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tech giants aim to cut patent trolls off at the pass]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=9209]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Verizon, Google, Cisco, Ericsson and HP are joining a group designed to buy up intellectual property before other parties acquire it to launch lawsuits.    The Wall Street Journal is reporting this group of tech giants--dubbed Allied Security Trust--is designed to thwart patent trolls and prevent stand-offs like...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 04:47:34 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PaaS and the patent trolls]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PaaS and the patent trollsSafety in the Long TailPhil - you are technically correct that a user could stumble into a patent infringement. But I believe these PaaS offerings for biz users such as Coghead will appeal most to the long tail of business apps - the apps that have...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 20:52:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PaaS and the patent trolls]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/SAAS/?p=528]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Many of the emerging Platform as a Service offerings encourage business users or specialist business solution providers to create their own custom applications. From Coghead to Iceberg, Quickbase to Rollbase and Longjump to Zoho, the message is one of unlimited freedom to custom-build your own business process automation.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:41:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Patent troll sues high-tech over playlists]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patent troll sues high-tech over playlistsMaybe Apple just paid them off, to get rid of them, but gave them enoughcash to file more lawsuits against competitors. Well, the system certainly is broke.RE: Patent troll sues high-tech over playlistsI imagine future patents inspired by PIA's success in this internet comic:http://www.itgumbo.com/mumbogumbo/2007/09/pay_for_play.phpRE: Patent...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:38:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Patent law changes power ahead in Congress]]></title>
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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:48:00 -0700</pubDate>
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