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[News] Intellectual Monopolies Enjoy 'Reform' for More Power

  • Subject: [News] Intellectual Monopolies Enjoy 'Reform' for More Power
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 15:05:34 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
EFF says patent reform could bust its Patent Busting Project

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| The Electronic Frontier Foundation supports the Patent Reform Act of 2007, 
| but the group does worry that the law in its present state could reform the 
| EFF's Patent Busting Project right out of existence.  
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080205-eff-says-patent-reform-could-bust-its-patent-busting-project.html

Intellectual monopolies: only for the rich...

Cost of pan-European patent protection to plummet in May

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| CIPA estimates that the new rules will save more than €7,000 in costs per 
| patent, on average. Previously an applicant could get the right to have a 
| European Patent Office patent just by filing in English, French or German.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/06/european_patent_translation_agreement/

Patenting with a 5-year-old kid could think of...

Nintendo patent profers wacky Wii add-ons

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| A European patent application filed by Nintendo has reveals a raft of ways 
| the console giant could extend the use of the Wii Remote, ranging from the 
| strange to the downright ridiculous.  
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/02/06/nintendo_wii_remote_patents/

And attacks on sites that 'dare' to just link (by automated crawling and
requests).

Chinese search engines come under copyright attack

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| The body admits that neither Baidu nor Yahoo stores or trades in music but 
| reckons the fact that they link to sites trading in copyrighted material 
| makes them very naughty boys.  
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/02/06/chinese-under-copyright-attack


Related:

What Does "IP" Really Mean?

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| For readers of Linux Journal, "IP" almost certainly refers to the Internet 
| Protocol, part of the TCP/IP suite that underpins the Internet. But to most  
| people, if it means anything, "IP" refers to something known as "intellectual 
| property". This widespread recognition is rather curious, 
| because "intellectual property" does not exist.   
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http://www.linuxjournal.com/node/1005736

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