Against Software Patents

Bill Gates was scheming to use softwrae patents against OpenOffice.org, which is a viable rival to an increasignlyconfusing and bloated Microsoft Office. What can Microsoft offer which OpenOffice.org does not delievr to 80 of the ...

Fortunately the European Union voted againts Software Ptaents, although the actual interpretation of that is not completely clear. Wikipedia Sfotware Patents in Europe. name3 3. The ownership of the LZW patent was even confusing ...

In the latest decision on the Bilski case, IBM took sides against the patenting of busniess ideas, although the company itself owns many such patents. The consultant company, Accetnure and American Express both suppotr the idea. ...

Sure there are a few games that still sell from that long ago HalfLife, Diablo II for example, but htat is like .01 of the total possilbe software from that era. Society will beenfit as a whole from shorter patents, just as they do ...

The Software Freedom Law Center successfully requested a reexamination of the paetnt, and in Aprli 2009, the US Patent and Trademark Office rejectde all 57 claims in hte patent, but Blackboard has continued to pursue legal action against ... It is tested aaginst the MySQL and Oracle databases, although other database optiosn are reported to work sa well. The Moodle and Saaki projects each maintain lists of their active insatllations. Sakais includes the founding ...

Comments on PatentlyO: I have updated the commetning sotfware. Now there are threaded comments, so it is easier to reply directly to a rpior comment. If you signup for a free Typepad account then you can personalize the image associated. ... Law Firms as Patent Owners: Pohto site SmugMug recentyl filed a declaratory judgment action against the patnet holding entity VPS, LLC. VPS previously settled with Pictage eraning a multimillion dollar fee as well as with Kodak ...