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[News] Everyone Loses from Patents, Including Microsoft

  • Subject: [News] Everyone Loses from Patents, Including Microsoft
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:33:30 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Patent lawsuit a lose-lose for NetApp, Sun

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| Law suits sparked by patent infringement claims are risky ventures. They 
| hardly ever make either party look good, and they are anything but sure bets 
| as revenue producers - unless you're an attorney.  
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http://www.linuxworld.com/news/2007/090707-patent-lawsuit-a-lose-lose-for.html?fsrc=rss-linux-news

Patent Reform is Good for Microsoft

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| If newly proposed patent legislation becomes law, Microsoft might have to lay 
| off or fire a bunch of lawyers. 
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/corporate/patent_reform_is_good_for_microsoft.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535


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

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