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Patent directive faces fishy future
Talkback Software patents have been available in europe now for many years, and are routinely granted by the european patent office. I think that the directive must be passed, and passed quickly, if we are to be certain of maintaining the present high...
[December 24, 2004, 10:04]
Patent directive 'could halt Linux development'
Talkback "There is no question that some of the open source software that is out there -- such as the Linux kernel itself -- has got patent violations in there. That is acknowledged. There is more danger that those potential violations will be litigated...
[March 2, 2005, 11:24]
Patent Prosecution in Pharmacogenomics
White Papers Instead, issues and complications related to national and overseas patent prosecution in this relatively new field will be discussed. This paper presents a brief overview of intellectual property rights and the various areas in pharmacogenomics to...
[March 29, 2005, 3:00]
Patent office email bid to attract public comments
News The UK Patent Office (UKPO) has set up a facility to make it easier for people to comment on patent applications. Members of the public will now be able to comment on pending patents by email, rather than needing to contact the patent office by...
[June 3, 2005, 17:55]
Patent inspectors strike over quality fears
News Employees at the European Patent Office (EPO) in Munich and Berlin held a strike on Tuesday against proposed changes to the patent assessment process, which they claim will reduce patent quality. Management has proposed a change to the patent...
[May 10, 2006, 16:40]
Patent quality 'worst in technology industry'
News The quality of patents granted in the technology industry is worse than in any other major sector, according to a survey of US patent holders. The overall perception of patent quality is lower than in the chemicals, pharmaceuticals and...
[September 21, 2005, 8:30]
patent reform
Talkback please see http://www.piausa.org/ for a different/opposing view on patent reform
[October 14, 2008, 14:49]
Patent amnesty for Java phone updates
News But more and more large patent holders are trying it, said Charles King, an analyst at Pund-IT. He said the OSGI patent pledge will make it easier for developers to work with the participating vendors.
[July 26, 2006, 10:25]
Patent inspectors strike over quality fears
Talkback It's obvious that the whole patent thingy process is under grand scale manipulation across the board and from all sites and angles. Some huge powers really want to change things to their benefit and plenty of clueless decision makers around to help...
[May 10, 2006, 22:55]
Patent quality 'worst in technology industry'
Talkback re: Patent quality 'worst in technology industry' 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.
[October 6, 2005, 22:39]
Patent restart request ratified
Talkback I personally don't believe that the majority OSC wants to remove patents completely, patent law can be an important tool if implemented correctly and strictly adhered to given loose definitions and lack of control it can be a powerful weapon for...
[February 18, 2005, 9:20]
Patent nonsense revisited
Blog Comment Correct me if I'm wrong - I'm not an IP lawyer - but am I right in thinking that there are 2 main differences between patent and copyright? Patent on the other hand covers a way of doing things - patent that way, and nobody else can do that task...
[January 30, 2008, 18:23]
Patent absurdities are plain unsporting
Talkback Something needs to be done about patent offices, patent officers, patent laws, patent lobbiests and politicians who always seem to find new lame excuses to allow yet another patent or give it more powers.
[May 29, 2005, 20:29]
EP: 'Patent directive is flawed'
Talkback Drop the entire Patent directive because whatever will be left of it will get exploited and abused to the max. If there must be a Patent directive then make a directive that invalidates all already granted software patents along with dismantling...
[May 29, 2005, 20:56]
Patent fears haunt developers down under
News Indicative of a growing interest in patents, attendees swelled the forum -- hosted by legal firm Baker & McKenzie and open source advocacy groups Linux Australia and Open Source Industry Australia -- to hear speakers discuss the many vagaries of...
[November 4, 2004, 10:43]
Patent blow for Microsoft as FAT is rejected
News As part of a re-examination, the US Patent Office has issued a preliminary rejection for a patent previously granted to Microsoft for a Windows file format. The agency ruled that, based on existing inventions at the time, the ideas behind the FAT...
[October 1, 2004, 11:45]
Patent nonsense revisited
Blog Comment One aspect of patent law is that patent holders are required to license their patents fairly - you can't get a patent and then refuse to let anyone use it, or charge unreasonable amounts to your enemies.
[January 30, 2008, 19:18]
Patent company takes on Wi-Fi industry
News A "technology licensing" company called Wi-LAN has sued 22 of the biggest names in wireless networking over alleged patent infringements. Wi-LAN has successfully negotiated patent licensing deals with a number of companies covering a broad range of...
[November 2, 2007, 9:45]
Patent critics search for prior art
News The Web community is rummaging desperately through dusty technology archives, in a bid to overturn a sweeping patent verdict that could force major changes on the Internet's most popular software products.
[November 3, 2003, 11:25]
Patent ruling forces Office upgrades
Talkback Hey, I hate Microsoft as much as anyone, but here they're just the victims of the completely broken US patent system. Software patents are evil. Right now, they're hurting Microsoft. Tomorrow, they can be used to stifle anyone.
[January 31, 2006, 16:19]
