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- Software patents illegal...
- Software patents illegal...interesting article..http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39270929,00.htmand I just had to send the European Government this:I wish to inform you that I actually agree with your decision, that software patents are not to be issued or respected.A patent on software is identicle to a Patent on a cook book.Both are a collection of...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-25
- Software patents
- are they something to be encouraged?or something to be discouraged?why?I think they should be discouraged, as they hurt the quality of applications for the lifetime of the patent.with a patent, on software, it's more the idea than the specific application that is getting patented, this means you have a significant...
- Discussion threads 2005-02-21
- Bill Gates and other communists
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- Technical articles 2005-02-15
- HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal
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- Technical articles 2005-02-16
- Open-source honchos trash software patents
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- Technical articles 2005-02-02
- Munich to press on with Linux switch
- Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ReutersMore than a year after the German city of Munich declared its landmark intention to abandon Microsoft Windows in favor of upstart rival Linux, its councilors are finally...
- Technical articles 2004-09-29
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- Copyright laws , Intellectual Property rights, and Software development
- Copyright laws , Intellectual Property rights, and Software developmentI have a theoretical question.Say Company "A" develops a software program. While unique in it's inception it preforms a task that no other program has attempted previously, it uses common programming code, pre-established formulas, and a generic interface. In a nutshell, it...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-24
- United States Patent and Trademark Office rejects Amazon's 1-Click patent
- Do you reckon the complete revoking of Amazon's patents in this area will have any industry-wide repercussions?It's about darn time!.It's about time! I have always thought that Amazon's 1-click was a glaring example of an obvious "invention" and a very stupid mistake by the USPTO. Storing customer data so...
- Discussion threads 2007-10-17
- Bill Gates and other communists
- Bill Gates and other communistsarticle rootThank YouI have been following the growing debate regarding software patents with a sense of confusion. I was finding it difficult to get to the nub of the issue. In a matter of a few paragraphs you've managed to sum up everything I've...
- Discussion threads 2005-02-15
- Tech firms to lobby for patent litigation reform
- All software patents should be declared voidPatents should be limited to physical designs. Imagine if someone centuries ago patented "a way of communicating by inscribing marks on paper" - everytime we wrote anything, we would have been liable for patent infringement.Software should only be subject to copyright, like books, paintings,...
- Discussion threads 2006-05-15
- How to fight against patent terrorism
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- Technical articles 2005-01-07
- Microsoft wins again in Eolas patent dispute
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- Technical articles 2004-08-19
- HP memo: Microsoft planned open-source patent fight
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- Technical articles 2004-07-21
- Have patent, will sue
- article rootMessage was edited by: admin"I think the patent system has worked pretty well for 200 years"And I bet Enron thought "I think accounting has worked pretty well for 200 years."Let's say you're 80 years old, you go to the doctor, and he tells you that you have cancer. By...
- Discussion threads 2006-07-27
- Sun: Patent use OK beyond Solaris project
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- Technical articles 2005-02-01
- Microsoft's file system patent upheld
- arghSo much for interoperability. Don't get caught using FAT filesystems without a Microsoft license, or you could be in a lot of trouble.Asinine.Patent LicensingWell they do hold the patent, so that is their right to demand payment for the use.No . . .It's their legal privilege. There's a...
- Discussion threads 2006-01-12
- Microsoft file patent faces exam
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- Technical articles 2004-06-14
- Ballmer attacks Linux on patent front
- Ballmer must be stupid; no one can be that ignorantMS keeps trying to spread the FUD with dumb press releases hoping to scare off people ignorant of their rights -- a la SCO's doomed lawsuit against IBM.SCO not only lost their main contention that Linux infringes on UNIX, they also...
- Discussion threads 2004-11-20
- Software helps manage company resources
- Knowing what hardware and software you have and how much it is being used can save your organization money. Here is how one company is using asset management software to keep tabs on expenses.When TechRepublic member Howard Taylor, CEO of TSP Companies in Duluth, GA, saw his IT staff walking...
- Technical articles 2001-03-26
- How to fight against patent terrorism
- Eolas a patent terrorist??"Patent terrorists are companies whose business models are based on patent litigation as a threat and licensing as a revenue source."Based on what I've read I'd say the eolas vs. microsoft case is an excellent example of patent terrorism. I'm no MS fan, but this article...
- Discussion threads 2005-01-29
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