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Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
Talkback I think comparing david beckham making you a suit with linus torvalds talking about software patent law is unfair. How is this different from software patent laws? When policy makers want to do a study of a proposed law on specific industries...
[November 24, 2004, 4:32]
US tech firms lock horns over patent law
News A rift has arisen among larger technology companies and smaller venture capital firms over whether dramatic changes to US patent law are necessary. Representative Rick Boucher (D-Va) said he and Representative Howard Berman, the chairman of a House...
[March 30, 2007, 8:58]
Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
News In the statement, Torvalds, Widenius and Lerdorf explain the risks of the software patent directive, including concerns that relaxing the law on software patents could damage the European economy. A software patent regime would establish the law of...
[November 23, 2004, 11:35]
Small firms 'failed' by patent law
News Small businesses are being failed by the patent system, according to Andrew Gowers, the man leading an independent review into intellectual property law in the UK. The UK Patent Office (UKPO) also said there was a need for the patent system to be...
[March 2, 2006, 16:45]
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]
Small firms 'failed' by patent law
Talkback The Blackberry mess, the JPG fiasco and there is Balthauser and the AJAX/Flash/PDF/Javascript patent. The absurd thing is that the patent holders can screw millions of dollars out of other companys and then when their patents are ruled invalid they...
[March 2, 2006, 21:03]
Small firms 'failed' by patent law
Talkback The Blackberry mess, the JPG fiasco and there is Balthauser and the AJAX/Flash/PDF/Javascript patent. The absurd thing is that the patent holders can screw millions of dollars out of other companys and then when their patents are ruled invalid they...
[March 2, 2006, 21:03]
Small firms 'failed' by patent law
Talkback This route has allowed stupid patent aplications to proceed which merely inhibit freemarket competition.http://randomfoo.net/oscon/2002/lessig/free.html IP Patents should be dropped all together to allow easier access for all involved.
[March 4, 2006, 0:21]
Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
Talkback In the physical world there exist many patents on specific implementations of corkscrew, but it is not possible to patent the concept of opening wine. Software problems have a lot of problems: Software patents cover really basic principles that any...
[November 23, 2004, 16:50]
Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
Talkback Patents must be not for software, because every day tons of people develop new ideas on software easily, but they do not have the means to patent it neither to protected him against the big corporations.
[November 23, 2004, 15:49]
Small firms 'failed' by patent law
Talkback 99.9999999 percent of patent litigation involves software patents ! Joe is unaware of the new patent being filed that uses his code and the patent office can't search billions of lines of code to validate prior art.
[March 5, 2006, 15:24]
Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
Talkback Software patents allow people to patent ideas. As mentioned by others, many people come up with the same idea and implement it in software - who should take credit for the software, the creators or the first person to the patent office?
[November 23, 2004, 21:19]
Linus Torvalds speaks out against EU patent law
Talkback Torvalds is right. I hope Europe doesn't make the same mistake that the U.S.has made. Software patents in th U.S.have created a situation in which programmers cannot risk writing code unless they are in the employ and under the protection of large...
[November 23, 2004, 14:25]
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]
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]
Patent quality 'worst in technology industry'
Talkback Just so you know, the IPO is an organization of large multi-national companies and their large law firms who are backing the present push to change US patent law. re: Patent quality 'worst in technology industry'
[October 6, 2005, 22:39]
European Patent Office scotches appeal for review
News The European Patent Office has declined a request from the UK Court of Appeal to clarify European software patent law. According to legal website Out-law.com, the president of the EPO, Professor Alain Pompidou, who has the power to order an...
[March 22, 2007, 8:35]
US Patent, Copyright, and Trademark Laws Study Guide. FREE US Copyright Law and Glossary in trial
Downloads US Patent Law II. US Trademark LawAppendix: Glossary of legal terms Glossary of legal terms in computer technology Glossary of patent legal concepts List of legal abbreviations List of 100 largest law firms globally List of 100 largest UK law firms...
[January 15, 2007, 6:00]
EU seeks 'legally clever' patent definition
Talkback IP lawyers stand to gain most from software patent law, because there will be conflict requiring lawyers to resolve where none existed previously. No geek should honour a patent. No geek should expect other geeks to honour a patent.
[May 17, 2005, 17:28]
