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The Case for Abolishing Patents (Yes, All of Them) - Business - The Atlantic

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:02:49 +0000

Critics have suggested plenty of reasonable reforms, from eliminating software patents to clamping down on "trolls" who buy up patent portfolios only so they can file lawsuits. But do we need a more radical solution? Would we be possibly be better off without any patents at all?

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The Case for Abolishing Patents (Yes, All of Them) - Business - The Atlantic

Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:02:49 +0000

Tags: #innovation #patents #tech #to:fb

On Patents : The Word of Notch

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 03:25:08 +0000

If you own a software patent, you should feel bad.

Tags: #business #copyfight #imported:pinboard #ip #legal #minecraft #notch #patents #to:fb

Patent wars, Silicon Valley, and DIY software innovators. - Slate Magazine

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:13:51 +0000

Patents are supposed to reward innovation, but in the software industry, they are having the opposite effect. The patent system has become a minefield that punishes innovators who accidentally infringe the patents of others. There are now so many software patents in force that it is practically impossible to avoid infringing them all.

Tags: #copyfight #imported:pinboard #innovation #patents

Carmack rewriting Doom 3 source code to dodge legal issues | VG247

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 00:17:14 +0000

According to a tweet from the developer, Bethesda’s lawyers are “skittish about the patent issue” surrounding the code for “Carmack’s Reverse,” which is a stencil shadowing technique patented by Creative Labs and jointly created by the id legend and other coders.

Tags: #carmack #doom3 #gaming #patents

End the Patent Wars

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:56:43 +0000

Tags: #innovation #law #patents

Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | Amazon Patents Changing Authors' Words

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:42:12 +0000

Damn - I had this idea for use on my own work, if I ever got around to self-publishing. "Amazon's newly-patented System and Method for Marking Content, which calls for 'programmatically substituting synonyms into distributed text content,' including 'books, short stories, product reviews, book or movie reviews, news articles, editorial articles, technical papers, scholastic papers, and so on' in an effort to uniquely identify customers who redistribute material. "

Tags: #amazon #patents #piracy #writing

igdmlgd: AMAZON ONE-CLICK PATENT REJECTED BY THE US PATENT OFFICE AS A RESULT OF MY REQUEST

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:59:47 +0000

"In a recent office action, the USPTO has rejected the claims of the Amazon.com one-click patent following the re-examination request that I filed on 16 February 2006. "

Tags: #amazon #law #oneclick #patents #us

A Patent Lie - New York Times

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:43:23 +0000

"As more and more lawsuits rock the industry, we should ask if software patents are stifling innovation. Bill Gates certainly thought so in 1991, even if he won’t admit it today."

Tags: #MSFT #copyright #law #microsoft #patents #software #verizon #vonage

Outrageous [dive into mark]

Wed, 16 May 2007 18:06:52 +0000

"It’s an institutionalized form of madness, outrageous, all-consuming, and incurable. I’m ashamed to have been a part of it."

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ongoing · Four Words for Microsoft

Mon, 14 May 2007 18:56:11 +0000

"Litigate or shut up."

Tags: #MSFT #litigation #microsoft #patents

Microsoft's RSS Patent Theft

Tue, 02 Jan 2007 20:59:09 +0000

"They're clearly aware that contributing to the community is important but they have no problem stabbing us in the back at the same time."

Tags: #MSFT #microsoft #patents #rss

Samba developer resigns from Novell

Fri, 22 Dec 2006 21:01:03 +0000

"The Microsoft patent agreement has put [Novell developers] outside the community and there is no positive aspect to that fact, and no way to make it so"

Tags: #gpl #linux #microsoft #novell #patents #samba

Apple seeks controversial patents on use of RSS - The Social Software Weblog

Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:39:17 +0000

"It looks like Apple has filed for patents on some uses of RSS."

Tags: #apple #hackingfeeds #patents #rss #syndication

News feed browser - United States Patent Application: 0050289468

Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:03:17 +0000

"Techniques for detecting, managing, and presenting syndication XML (feeds) are disclosed." Also from Apple.

Tags: #apple #atom #hackingfeeds #patents #rss