Software Patents

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• Video Transcript of Vandana Shiva on Insane Patents

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 161
  Vandana Shiva talks about patenting of seeds; other examples of privatisation with patents and funding.
  2 days ago

• Study: Intellectual Monopolies (Patents) Vastly Dominated by… the Monopolies

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 161
  A not-so-overly-alarmist reminder of how monopolies are taking over society using self-serving laws and establishments, including the patent office
  2 days ago

• Software Copyright vs. Software Patents

  
  open... — Authority: 560
  Heres an noteworthy story about the different kinds of protection that can be given to software: Mit einer Stellungnahme vom 16.11.2009 (PDF) hat sich der Bundesverband Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie e.V. (BIKT) zur anstehenden Urheberrechtsreform (dem so genannten “3. Korb”) geäußert. Der ...
  1 week ago

• Every Shadow of a Shade of an Idea...

  
  Moving to Freedom — Authority: 114
  Just so, 126 years later: U.S. Supreme Court Atlantic Works v. Brady, 107 U.S. 192 (1883) Decided March 5, 1883 MR. JUSTICE BRADLEY delivered the opinion of the Court. It was never the object of those laws to grant a monopoly for every trifling device, every shadow of a shade of an idea, which would ...
  1 week ago

• Software Copyrights and EULAs – Not In the Public Interest

  
  Revelations From An Unwashed Brain — Authority: 596
  With the ruling on the weekend, and Apple lawyers putting the final stake in rogue company Psystar’s heart, it is clear to see that you just don’t mess with the legal system put in place by the computer industry, which may be the thing that people hate most. The article I posted concerning the dubious usage of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft’s psuedo sudo patent doesn’t really cover sudo

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 163
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  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft, the EPO, and the European Patent Mafia (Sisvel) Join Hands

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 161
  Familiar bedfellows come together for an event that celebrates intellectual monopoly (Innovation 2009)
  2 weeks ago

• Bilski Hearing Starts Well for Abolishers of Software Patents

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 161
  Early reports suggest that judges are hostile towards abstract patents like Bilskis
  2 weeks ago

• Why SAP is a Sap

  
  Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.com — Authority: 162
  Open... "SAP simply cannot claim to be a true friend of openness while it also supports software patents in any jurisdiction, in any form..."
  3 weeks ago

• Software Patents: Microsoft patents file rights management

  
  Against Monopoly — Authority: 133
  Microsoft obtained yesterday patent %26lt;A HREF="http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2%26Sect2=HITOFF%26p=1%26u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html%26r=1%26f=G%26l=50%26co1=AND%26d=PTXT%26s1=7,617,530%26OS=7,617,530%26RS=7,617,530"%26gt;7,617,530%26lt;/A%26gt;, a "rights ...
  3 weeks ago

• Software Patents: Microsoft patents file rights management

  
  Against Monopoly — Authority: 133
  Microsoft obtained yesterday patent %26lt;A HREF="http://patft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2%26Sect2=HITOFF%26p=1%26u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html%26r=1%26f=G%26l=50%26co1=AND%26d=PTXT%26s1=7,617,530%26OS=7,617,530%26RS=7,617,530"%26gt;7,617,530%26lt;/A%26gt;, a "rights ...
  3 weeks ago

• Why SAP is a Sap

  
  open... — Authority: 560
  Theres some interesting turbulence in the blogosphere about the following call from Dr. Vishal Sikka, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of SAP: To ensure the continued role of Java in driving economic growth, we believe it is essential to transition the stewardship of the language and platform into an authentically ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bilski hearing implications for software patents

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 161
  An analysis by End Software Patents of what the Judges statements at Mondays Bilski hearing say about patenting software ideas.
  3 weeks ago

• "Intellectual Property" a Violation of Real Property

  
  fsdaily.com - Free Software News - Published news — Authority: 161
  Pretending that ownership of software is possible and thus trying to enforce this ownership (as copyright and patent laws do) actually leads us to violations of actual physical property.
  3 weeks ago

• The Future of Software Patents: U.S. Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Bilski v. Kappos

  
  Disputing — Authority: 123
  As previously discussed , today the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments for Bilski v. Kappos , a high-stakes software patent case (the transcript is here ). In Bilski , the Federal Circuit rejected patent claims involving a method of hedging risks in commodities trading. The U.S. Supreme Court is now asked to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Bilski Arguments Complete at the US Supreme Court

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 549
  At 2pm ET on November 9, 2009, Chief Justice John Roberts gaveled the session to a close announcing that the case had now been submitted. The arguments were good, and the Court was most assuredly hot, peppering both sides with question after question seeking to probe the issues. It is clear that [...]Related posts: ...
  3 weeks ago

• Rumours of Microsoft becoming more frequentable seem greatly overrated

  
  Moved by Freedom - Powered by Standards — Authority: 105
  Just back from the OOoCon I was taking some times reading my email and I am afraid what I saw does not push me into believing that Microsoft has amended much of its ways. I guess we cannot do much about it, and it’s Halloween season anyway. Just when we thought the European Commission was leading the way in ...
  3 weeks ago

• Argument Day in Bilski at US Supreme Court

  
  IPWatchdog.com | Patents & Patent Law — Authority: 549
  Later today the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the Bilski matter. It is not an overstatement to say that the fate of much future innovation rests squarely on the Supreme Court getting this one right, so lets hope for the best and pray that they do get this one right. [...]Related posts: US ...
  3 weeks ago

• SFLC summary of Bilski v. Kappos

  
  Linux/Unix News - motd.ambians.com — Authority: 162
  The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC) has compiled a summary of some of the main arguments in the Bilski v. Kappos case dealing with software patents. read more
  3 weeks ago

• SFLC Provides Background Info for Bilski

  
  OStatic blogs — Authority: 644
  The U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing opening arguments on Bilski vs. Kappos on Monday, November 9th. Not surprisingly, many open source advocates are on the edge of their seats because its an opportunity for the Supreme Court to decide that software is not patentable. Confused about the details? As part of its ...
  3 weeks ago

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