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[News] Google and Microsoft Sued by Troll Over Junk Patent

  • Subject: [News] Google and Microsoft Sued by Troll Over Junk Patent
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 01:58:44 +0000
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Netscape / schestowitz.com
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Google, Microsoft Sued Over Keyword Auction Patent

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| Last year, 13 patent-infringement claims were filed against Google, eight of 
| them in the Eastern District of Texas. Seventeen patent suits were brought 
| against Microsoft in the Eastern District of Texas in 2007, to say nothing of 
| the wide array of cases brought against the company elsewhere.   
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206504250

Also of importance:

Business Method Patents To Face Scrutiny By En Banc Federal Circuit

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| Dennis Crouch has an excellent summary of the Federal Circuit's en banc order 
| today, revisiting whether business method claims are patentable and whether 
| State Street Bank should be overruled.  
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http://trolltracker.blogspot.com/2008/02/business-method-patents-to-face.html


Recent:

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.  
| 
| 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."    
| 
| 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


Related:

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

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