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03 October 2007
US Patent Reform Slouches Towards Bethlehem
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But at last it seems to be happening : This case involved a guy who was trying to patent the concept of "mandatory arbitration involvin...
24 September 2007
What Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi Knew
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Nice to see algorithms getting some respect : Algorithms, as closely guarded as state secrets, buy and sell stocks and mortgage-backed secur...
09 September 2007
Glimmer of Hope for US Patent System
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A small step towards patent sanity has been taken : The House approved the most sweeping changes to United States patent law in more than ha...
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07 August 2007
Patent Joke of the Month
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It is, of course, hard to choose from the rather crowded field of contenders, but this one certainly takes the biscuit: An Information and ...
20 June 2007
Do Not Feed the Patent Trolls
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Good point here about a big problem with the apparently welcome Peer to Patent project: Helping patent trolls with their QA is like going ...
10 June 2007
The Bad Boy of Genomics Strikes Again
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When I was writing Digital Code of Life , I sought to be scrupulously fair to Craig Venter, who was often demonised for his commercial appro...
30 April 2007
US Patents: Is the Tide Turning?
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Maybe I'm an incorrigible optimist, but these look hopeful signs : The U.S. Supreme Court made it easier to challenge patents for failin...
25 April 2007
Two in a Single Stroke
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This is cool : further proof not only that patents in general, and software patents in particular are stupid, but that at least some VCs are...
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02 March 2007
Microsoft Patents "Lack Significant Innovation"
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Now here's an interesting little cross-cultural spat : The European Commission has warned Microsoft that it could impose further penalti...
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28 February 2007
Patent Abuse
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Oh, look. Here's yet another reason to get rid of patents: Guess what? Radio frequency identification tags are insecure. But don't ...
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14 February 2007
Patently Foolish
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Oh, here's a good idea : let patent experts help decide whether or not to grant lots more patents. And if you need proof this is not g...
23 January 2007
Microsoft's Eternal Cheek
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This is rich : In this culture of instant information, some Microsoft Corp. researchers are pursuing a radical notion -- the concept of savi...
19 December 2006
Digital Library of the Commons
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OnTheCommons has an interesting post about a new book called Understanding Knowledge as a Commons . This sounds great - see Peter Suber...
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12 October 2006
EU: Not at All Patent to Me...
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Well, I still don't really know what's going on as far as patents in Europe are concerned. But the Foundation for a Free Informatio...
09 October 2006
Bad, Bad Patent
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First WIPO , and now this : Businesses based on the licensing of patented technologies could be able to sue the owners of the patents while ...
30 July 2006
Microsoft Patents Free Software
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OK, so it's the idea of free computing that Microsoft is trying to patent , rather than just free software. It's still doubly stupi...
05 July 2006
Who Ya Gonna Call? Patentbusters!
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This blog has lamented often and loudly about the idiotic patents being granted, principally in the US (but with the EU trying very hard to ...
24 May 2006
A Tiny Victory?
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This is all deeply abstruse stuff , but the bottom line is that there seems to be a glimmer sanity in the European Commission's attitude...
27 April 2006
I've Seen the Future - and It's Patented
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The name Nathan Myhrvold probably doesn't strike fear into your heart; it may not even be known to you. But one day, rest assured, he w...
20 April 2006
Paying the Price for Free Software
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Sometimes, I think they do this kind of thing on purpose, just to annoy me. Somebody writes some free software ; somebody later "patent...
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