More new calls for the elimination of software patents in the USPTO
Read more »The FFII and Red Hat’s CEO Express Dissatisfaction with United States Patent System
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US software patent repartee
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The pending US Supreme Court decision regarding In re Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw v. Kappos, in principle about patents on business methods and software, has lead to briefs being filed by numerous companies and associations.
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FSF Files Amicus Brief in Bilski - The Country Needs and Relies on FOSS
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FSF has now filed an amicus brief in Bilski, and they too ask the Supreme Court "to affirm that software ideas are not patentable":End Software Patents (ESP) executive director Ciaran O'Riordan explained, "Every software patent is a restriction on software developers and users of computers, and there are currently 200,000 software patents in the USA.
Read more »Bilski II: Red Hat Appeals to Supreme Court over Software Non-Patentability
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The U.S. is known for its patent friendliness. But a Supreme Court decision in 2008 overturned a patent application by Bernard L. Bilski and Rand A. Warsaw for a risk mitigation process. Now Red Hat is using the so-called Bilski case in support of software non-patentability.
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Microsoft Spreads Intellectual Monopoly Law in Europe and Arab States; EFF Takes on Acacia
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The Community patent keeps marching, Jean-Philippe Courtois lobbies for the Lisbon Treaty, and Microsoft brings intellectual monopolies to The League of Arab States
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Amicus Avalanche Opposing Software Patents in the United States (Novell Still Missing)
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Red Hat, the FSF, and the SFLC submit amicus briefs for the Bilski case
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Linux Foundation To Take Stab At 3D Patent Issue
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This week at the X Developers' Conference there was a talk surrounding OpenGL 3.x and its lack of complete support within the latest Mesa code. While development manpower can end up be limiting, there are also some patent / legal issues surrounding this with regard to some parts of core OpenGL being covered by such inhibitive patents.
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Red Hat addresses Supreme Court on software patents
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Red Hat has filed an amicus brief with the United States Supreme Court. In the brief, Red Hat explains the practical problems of software patents to software developers.
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Red Hat Files its Bilski Brief: Asks Supreme Ct. to Exclude Software From Patentability
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I have exciting news for you. Red Hat has just filed
its brief [PDF] in Bilski, and it's saying things you certainly have been hoping someone would express to the Supreme Court.
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Microsoft Dodges Patent Law Again, Moblin and Patents Revisited
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Microsoft shows that patent law continues to be a single-edged sword hurting the small inventor; what software patents mean to Intel and Moblin
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Software Freedom Law Center Files Brief with Supreme Court Arguing Software Cannot Be Patented
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"Today the Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC), provider of pro-bono legal services to non-profit developers and distributors of free software, filed a brief with the United States Supreme Court arguing that software standing alone cannot constitutionally be patented..."
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Arguments For Patents for Business Methods and Software-Implemented Inventions
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I asked if it would be possible for the law firm of Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks to write an article defending business methods and software patents for Groklaw, and they were nice enough to agree to do it.
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Microsoft Abuse with Software Patents Carries on
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The latest analyses and moves from Microsoft, which increasingly relies on software patents in its eternal battle against Free software
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European Commission Learns Whether Patents Harm Europe
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The European authorities no longer take patenting for granted; the situation is still more complex in the US
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Patently Opaque: What were those 22 "open source" patents?
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There have been many claims over the purchase of 22 patents by the Open Invention Network. Some have lauded the cunning of OIN in snatching the patents away from patent trolls. Others suggest the OIN have acquired useful defensive patents. The trouble is that the process of acquiring the patents is relatively opaque.
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