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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Software Patents

Here's an interesting news item: "Red Hat’s Secret Patent Deal and the Fate of JBoss Developers".

Here's an ancient -- but still relevant -- piece from Tim O'Reilly: "Software and Business Method Patents".

Here's a great article in Slate on the consequences of software patents. "Weapons of Business Destruction: How a tiny little 'patent troll' got BlackBerry in a headlock".

The biggest issue with software patents is always the "non-obvious" issue. Generally, this can be debated, so a prior art review is far more valuable.


To participate, see Peer To Patent. Locate prior art and make patent trolls get real jobs.


2 comments:

  1. Just like we don't want patents to restrict software development, we don't want companies to restrict the flow of info on the internet. Check out the article by Tim Berners-Lee in Scientific American titled "Long Live the Web"

    http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=long-live-the-web

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  2. Justices to Hear Microsoft Patent Case
    By REUTERS
    Published: November 29, 2010

    http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/technology/30bizcourt.html?ref=technology

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