Desire2Pod Cast 18 - East Texas Law School Lecture
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| 9:10 - How did the Eastern District of Texas come to be known as the Rocket
| Docket for patent cases?
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| 12:00 - Michael's take on whether software should be patentable in the first
| place.
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http://desire2blog.blogspot.com/2008/04/desire2pod-cast-18-east-texas-law.html
i2 sale could hinge on patent fight with SAP
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| I2 alleges that the German enterprise software giant infringed seven of its
| patents related to supply-chain management. A preliminary hearing on the
| claim is scheduled for April 30 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
| District of Texas.
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http://www.techconfidential.com/money-out/blog/software/involved-in-a-strategic-review.php
Europe has not been corrupted, yet:
WIPO Director General Candidates Answer 5 Questions On IP Policy
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| And here we come to a major obstacle of a global scope: many arguments either
| in favour, or against the intellectual property regime are heavily plagued by
| lack of sufficient professional understanding. This problem extends well
| beyond the discussions about Development Agenda, and often leads to
| contradicting outcomes. The rejection of the EU Directive on patentability of
| computer-implemented inventions in 2005 may serve as an example: its basic
| purpose was to exclude software as such from patent protection (in line with
| Art. 52 of the European Patent Convention) - exactly what was the main
| objective of all those who (successfully) lobbied against its adoption in the
| European Parliament.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=955
Related:
SA minister slams software patents
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| In a taped address for the Idlelo 3 conference, Fraser-Moleketi said
| that “open standards are a critical factor in building interoperable systems
| that are important to governments … In South African we have a document - the
| minimum interoperability standards - which includes the use of open document
| format or ODF.”
|
| Fraser-Moleketi pointed out that ODF was adopted as an ISO standard in 2006.
| She said that it was “unfortunate that the leading vendor of proprietary
| office software, which enjoys considerable dominance in the market, chose not
| to participate and support ODF in its products but rather to develop its own
| competing document standard, which is now also awaiting judgement in the ISO
| process.
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http://www.tectonic.co.za/?p=2304
When Patents Threaten Science
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| Patents should not be used to protect laws of nature, products of
| nature, or mathematical formulas.
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http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/314/5804/1395
Trend Micro patent claim provokes FOSS community, leads to boycott
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| Eben Moglen of the Software Freedom Law Center is aware of the case, and is
| considering a patent re-examination request or another intervention in the
| case.
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| Contacted by Linux.com, Barracuda's Drako acknowledged the array of reactions
| by saying, "We at Barracuda want to extend our thanks to the tremendous
| number of individuals who expressed support for our defending the use of
| ClamAV free and open source software, as well as to the community members
| that have submitted prior art."
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| If Trend Micro hasn't already, it is about to find out that the case is about
| free software after all.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/126851
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