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Bilski v Doll - Supreme Court to review business method patents

adelepace wrote 1 month ago: As reported by Patently-O , on the 1st of June,  the US Supreme Court on a petition for a writ of Ce … more →

Tags: Bilski v Doll, Business Method Patents, Diamond v Diehr, Patents, re Bilski

Pirate Party wins seat in European Parliament

cabalamat wrote 1 month ago: STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s Pirate Party, striking a chord with voters who want more … more →

Tags: Europe, Digital Rights, DRM, Politics, Economics, Filesharing, RIAA, MPAA, Sweden

Business and Software Patents, a last word? - US Supreme Court to Hear Bilski

Michael Factor wrote 1 month ago: In Bilski et al. vs. Doll, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals rejected pure software and business … more →

Tags: News, Patents, US Patent Office, USPTO, Business Method, Intellectual Property, obviousness

Microsoft patents coercion

gnuosphere wrote 2 months ago: My thinking’s that the Free Software community has nothing to worry about with this one. Even … more →

Tags: Free Software, Microsoft

Liberal Democrats' European manifesto

cabalamat wrote 2 months ago: The Liberal Democrats have launched their manifesto for the European elections. As is usual with man … more →

Tags: Britain, Digital Rights, DRM, Europe, Filesharing, Foreign Policy, MPAA, Politics, RIAA

Pirate Party is 3rd biggest in Sweden1 comment

cabalamat wrote 2 months ago: The Pirate Party is now 3rd biggest in Sweden, in terms of members: Support for the Swedish Pirate P … more →

Tags: Digital Rights, DRM, Politics, Filesharing, RIAA, MPAA, pirate party

Apple claims it invented and owns automatic software updates

_ck_ wrote 3 months ago: I don’t care how much you love your mac, Apple is just as evil as Microsoft: June 1995: Metho … more →

Tags: Rambling, Apple, Patents

SCALE7x: Courts have new "teeth" to limit software patents [LWN.net]

mascha wrote 4 months ago: SCALE7x: Courts have new “teeth” to limit software patents [LWN.net] … more →

Tags: Misc

USPTO and patents are a scam

cabalamat wrote 4 months ago: The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), and patents in general, are a scam: Pressed o … more →

Tags: Digital Rights, USA, Economics, Patents

shining some light on moonlight

gnuosphere wrote 5 months ago: Miguel de Icaza (03.06.2008): I’m not happy about the fact that [we got into bed with Microsof … more →

Tags: Free Software, Open-Source, Microsoft, Freedom, Novell, Moonlight, Silverlight

Linux Defenders

Colin Dodd wrote 5 months ago: On the front lines in the battle against patent trolls, is Linux Defenders. Architected to eliminate … more →

Tags: Democratizing Content, FUD - Fear, uncertainty, doubt, Intellectual Property Law, The Law, Truth Happening

Go Ogg, go!

Colin Dodd wrote 5 months ago: Mozilla contributes $100,000 to fund Ogg development – Ars Technica Mozilla has given the Wiki … more →

Tags: Democratizing Content, Free Culture, Intellectual Property Law, Open-Source, Open Standards, Sharing, Truth Happening

Consider joining the Free Software Foundation

Jeffrey wrote 5 months ago: Please consider donating to or becoming a member of the Free Software Foundation. The Free Software … more →

Tags: Free Software, Charity, GNU, Free Software Foundation, Software

On software patents and the need for reform

Colin Dodd wrote 5 months ago: The Brookings Institution, a think tank in Washington, D.C., recently held a conference on software … more →

Tags: Intellectual Property Law, Truth Happening

Press releases/Petition demands effective ban of software patents in Europe - FFII1 comment

mascha wrote 7 months ago: Press releases/Petition demands effective ban of software patents in Europe – FFII … more →

Tags: Misc, Petition

Press releases/Petition demands effective ban of software patents in Europe - FFII

mascha wrote 7 months ago: Press releases/Petition demands effective ban of software patents in Europe – FFII … more →

Tags: Misc, Petition

Linux vs. Patent trolls1 comment

Colin Dodd wrote 7 months ago: A no-fly zone to protect Linux from patent trolls – Legal Pad On Tuesday a consortium of tech … more →

Tags: Truth

NetEqualizer CTO not a fan of Software Patents1 comment

netequalizer wrote 8 months ago: NetEqualizer CTO Art Reisman has written several opinion pieces over the years regarding the use of … more →

Tags: Commentary and Editorials, netequalizer, art reisman

WTF1 comment

Kartik Mistry wrote 9 months ago: * Kunal sent this via IM. This shows why we should worry about Software Patents. … more →

Tags: Linux, News, Web, WTF, Patents


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