Critics swarm new GPL draft
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| Unsurprisingly, the speediest criticism came from Microsoft, whose
| deal with Novell prompted the inclusion of the controversial clauses
| in the first place.
|
| [...]
|
| Microsoft holds that Linux infringes several of its patents and late
| last year signed a deal with Novell, under which Novell's customers
| were indemnified against legal action by Microsoft. Novell was
| roundly criticised at the time: the Open Source sector felt that the
| deal was a tacit admission that Linux does infringe Redmond's IP,
| something Novell has strenuously denied.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/29/stallman_underfire/
Tech companies, investors clash over patent law
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| Large technology players such as Oracle, Microsoft and eBay have
| lamented what some call a "broken" U.S. patent system prone to the
| rise of so-called "trolls" who sit on broad or obvious patents to
| extort exorbitant settlements from deep-pocketed companies like theirs.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6171866.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://tinyurl.com/yqan8x
Related:
Big businesses boast of patent benefits, for small businesses
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| A report published by an EU task force on intellectual property claims
| that small businesses benefit from a patent system, despite lacking
| almost any participation by the small business community.
|
| Instead, the report, titled IPR (intellectual property rights) for
| competitiveness and innovation, was written up almost entirely by
| large corporations and the patent industry.
|
| [...]
|
| The report does note objections from the likes of patentfrei.de and
| Sun Microsystems, which were recorded at some length in the report.
| But this does not appear to have impacted the conclusion of the
| report in any way
|
| [...]
|
| Jean-Pierre Laisne, of ObjectWeb, an open source software community,
| said that he found the report useless: participants were told that
| all their contributions would be recorded but at the end only
| those of Business Software Alliance and Microsoft were used.
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http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/99155/big-businesses-boast-of-patent-benefits-for-small-businesses.html
Commerce Secretary names Schramm to innovation panel
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| He will be part of a lineup that includes the Microsoft Corp. CEO
| Steve Ballmer, 3M CEO George Buckley, UPS Chairman and CEO Michael Eskew,
| IBM CEO Samuel Palmisano and Wal-Mart Stores Vice Chairman John
| Menzer.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/bizj/061206/1386414.html?.v=2
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