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EU to throw patents in with the bath water
Talkback "Many of the people in the software industry have slightly got their blinkers on, and don't realise they are part of the larger industry that the patent system has to protect", said Peter Hayward of the UKPO.
[December 17, 2004, 20:37]
EU to throw patents in with the bath water
Talkback Steve Probert says: It's a heck of a lot easier to challenge patents if you have a law. If any have slipped through it should be easier to invalidate them using [the directive]. I fail to see how it will become easier to invalidate them with a...
[December 17, 2004, 19:25]
Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
Talkback A brave Anonymous from Bath (wherever that may locate) said : Who cares what Linus Torvalds thinks? Is > he a lawyer? No ! And forgot that lawyers never make the laws. They interpret it. Does he understand European politics?
[November 24, 2004, 11:53]
Microsoft hopes EU will leave Vista intact
Talkback Well, as long as Microsoft adhere to the findings of the case back in 2004 (? they shouldn't have any worries. If they've stuck that away in a back corner and have totally ignored the lessons learned, then they only have themselves to blame.
[September 12, 2006, 18:22]
EU directive 'could spark patent war'
Talkback Ludicrous. The US are wrong as per normal. Years ago on non IT related matters it was explained to me that the US Patent office could not possibly process all the patent claims correctly as they did not have the technical knowledge.
[October 6, 2003, 13:28]
EU to throw patents in with the bath water
Talkback I work for a small software vendor/developer. We sell open source software and closed source products. We also develop some of our own products. We sell software from a lot of single man companies. Most software patents are of such low low quality.
[December 18, 2004, 22:45]
EC warns on .eu scammers
Talkback Ah, another domain ending, another round of scams. The anti-cyber-squatting rules will hopefully help but I bet their are still going to be a lot of people around Europe who end up being conned into thinking they've brought a domain from cheap-scam...
[April 26, 2005, 9:27]
EU to throw patents in with the bath water
Talkback Having a legal framework to declare a patent invalid wouldn't help me in the slightest, I'm afraid. The last time I checked, lawyers charged real money for their services, and more money than I could afford to see the case through to the end.
[December 18, 2004, 11:29]
Britain and Ireland call for EU data sharing
News They agreed to share data taken from biometric visas and said they would urge all 27 EU states to follow suit. Speaking at a press conference, before a meeting of the British Irish Council, Brown said: "I am delighted that the UK and Irish...
[July 18, 2007, 9:57]
and of couse the eu is going to..
Talkback Pay for all the highly trained support people that the vendors will need to support ALL those operating systems. One of hte biggest issues on the CEO plate today is the sheer cost of IT support. They are of course going to be overly keen to...
[September 25, 2007, 13:19]
EU court crushes Microsoft's antitrust appeal
News A European court dealt a severe blow to Microsoft's competitive ambitions in Europe on Monday by siding with regulators in an antitrust case against the company. In its ruling, the Luxembourg-based Court of First Instance upheld European Commission...
[September 17, 2007, 9:21]
Microsoft's EU proposal is monstrous, says Samba
Talkback The royalty fee game is used to drive companies out of business and the royaltORs can always "knock-off" what they sold to you. Do beware.ch
[March 18, 2005, 11:14]
EU rejects Microsoft's licence offer
Talkback I don't know when people are going to wake up and figure out that Microsoft is doing them a big disservice. Microsoft has always made it company practice to "take" from other operating systems, applications, etc.and to incorporate that into windows.
[March 18, 2005, 17:23]
EU rejects Microsoft's licence offer
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[March 18, 2005, 17:29]
Microsoft's EU proposal is monstrous, says Samba
Talkback "Why should Microsoft. Because they are being punished for being a convicted monopolist. You've been a bad boy. Go to your room. But they don't have to go to their rooms! That's because they weren't bad.
[March 18, 2005, 21:45]
Anger as EU ignores open-source video
News The EU makes streaming videos of many of its most important council debates and press conferences available online. Stefan Esterer, a member of computing staff from Austria's University of Salzburg who is also involved with Debian, created an...
[January 3, 2007, 12:17]
Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
Talkback I understand that Microsoft applied for a patent for the "double click" feature found in one of its hand held, remote, devices. Do you suppose that means that any device manufactured from now on that utlizes the double click feature found in almost...
[November 26, 2004, 1:55]
Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
Talkback Who cares what Linus Torvalds thinks? Is he a lawyer? No! Does he understand European politics? No! Is he a successful businessman? No! Did he kick off a really useful concept in computer programming?
[November 23, 2004, 12:56]
Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
Talkback > Who cares what Linus Torvalds thinks? Is he a lawyer? No! Does he understand European politics? No! Is he a successful businessman? No! Aside from the doubtful nature of Torvalds' legal advice, these statements are so factually incorrect as to be...
[November 23, 2004, 13:19]
EU rejects Microsoft's licence offer
Talkback We still need as a matter of some urgencey to get hold of ALL M$ Corp source code and have it inspected by an indipendant body with interest one way or the other no links to either Open source or M$ Corp.
[March 18, 2005, 22:12]
