(heise online) – Jürgen Kuri:
In den vergangenen zwanzig Jahren haben Patentlizenzierungsfirmen, die selbst keine Produkte herstellen, mit ihren Verletzungsklagen den Börsenwert von Unternehmen um über 500 Milliarden US-Dollar gedrückt …
Posts Tagged ‘Software Patents’
Idiotic Anti-Linux & Google Patent Decision
2011-04-23(ZDNet) – Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols:
All good patent trolls know that you sue in the U.S. Court for the Eastern District of Texas … No less a figure than Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has described the EDTX as a “renegade jurisdiction.” …
zdnet.com/blog/open-source/idiotic…/8736
IBM patentiert den Patentprozess
2011-01-11
Why I’m Rooting for Microsoft
2010-11-30(Open Enterprise) – Glyn Moody:
Currently, the bar for overturning a patent once granted is set so high that it has only been in rare cases that such non-inventive inventions have had their patents rescinded. …
blogs.computerworlduk.com/open-enterprise/2010/11/why…
Is Microsoft running out of steam?
2010-10-07(The H Open Source) – Glyn Moody:
Most people have heard about the 18th-century inventor James Watt and his steam engine; not so many know about the way he used patents to stifle competition and throttle further development of the technology …
The Oracle-Google Mess: A Question – Are Any of the Patents Tied to a Specific Machine?
2010-08-14(Groklaw) – Pamela Jones:
… Without a doubt, this suit will result in truckloads of bad PR for Oracle.
… The right response: Stop Software Patents Petition – If you still think software patents are a spur to innovation, you’re not paying attention.
www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20100813112425821
Andy Updegrove: Oracle Sues Google Over Android: What’s Up with That?
… Here’s a final thought: there’s more than one way to recover on patent litigation. Could there be Google patents that Oracle would like to license at little or not cost, in exchange for a settlement?
Oracle sues Google over Java use in Android
2010-08-13(Computerworld) – James Niccolai:
“In developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle’s Java-related intellectual property. This lawsuit seeks appropriate remedies for their infringement,” Oracle spokeswoman Karen Tillman said in a statement. …
www.computerworld.com/s/article/9180678/
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