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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