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Software patents, and how to route around them
Blog Comment Ultimately these sorts of reactions will make the issuance of software patents meaningless as well.
[July 3, 2009, 17:08]
EC: Software patents will still be granted
Talkback Software patents wouldn't have worked Any country who implements software patents at a national level will put themselves at a disadvantage. Suppose the UK implements software patents and Czech Repulic doesn't.
[July 21, 2005, 20:20]
Software patents make a mockery of European ideals
Talkback Software patents do not benefit the world of technology, in any way. There is simply no need for patents in software. The copyright laws provide ample protection for software. This is wrong on so many levels.
[March 7, 2005, 20:24]
Red Hat: Software patents slow innovation
News Software patents are slowing innovation, Red Hat chief executive Matthew Szulik said on Tuesday. In an interview after the speech, Szulik said software patents "absolutely" retard the pace of innovation.
[May 23, 2007, 9:53]
Software patents make a mockery of European ideals
Talkback While I appreciate that the UK government under Tony Blair is a complete dead loss as far as software patents is concerned, embarrassing political defeat appears to be the only language that he understands.
[March 7, 2005, 18:06]
Software patents campaigners honoured
News Two of the main movers behind the campaign to block European legislation to bring in software patents were hailed on Tuesday night when they won the award for Outstanding Contribution to Software Development at the CNET Networks UK Technology Awards.
[September 28, 2005, 13:05]
Software patents: 'A really bad idea'
News ZDNet UK caught up with her to talk about the Software Patents Directive currently passing through the European Union. How useful are patents for protecting software? The US did go too far in granting such broad patents for software and business...
[May 19, 2004, 16:50]
Software patents, and how to route around them
Blog Until the law intervenes, we need to find technical ways around software patents. Microsoft recently used its patents on some aspects of the FAT filesystem to beat TomTom into submission, with the latter ending up having to change its products, pay...
[July 3, 2009, 16:48]
EC: Software patents will still be granted
News The European Commission (EC) warned on Wednesday that patent offices across Europe will continue to grant software patents, despite the European Parliament's decision to reject the Computer Implemented Inventions directive.
[July 21, 2005, 16:30]
Software patents not valid in UK anyway
Talkback Hence there is zero chance of being sued by Microsoft for software patents. The UK courts have ruled that software is not patentable.
[September 16, 2007, 13:28]
Software patents campaigners honoured
Talkback We must ensure that software patents do not sneak in through this measure. The anti-software patents movement (of which I am a member, both FFII and NoSoftwarePatents) is not necessarily against ALL patenting.
[September 28, 2005, 21:16]
Software patents are used to enforce monopolies
Talkback But software patents enable a person (normally a large corporate with deep pockets) to claim rights to *the idea* of something that they haven't even implemented. Patents are legal tools used to enforce monopolies.
[October 12, 2007, 16:27]
Software patents vote delayed
News A Monday vote on a controversial software patents proposal in the European Parliament has been put back until September, amid criticism by MEPs that the legislation would institute a US-style patent regime that would be detrimental to European...
[June 30, 2003, 12:30]
Software patents face-off delayed until spring
News Voting on a controversial European Union software patents proposal has been delayed until April, amid intensified lobbying against the proposal by multinational tech companies and European mobile phone makers.
[December 1, 2003, 13:20]
Software patents make a mockery of European ideals
Leader The killer argument that won the day for software patents? Make that effort now, before software patents become enmeshed in national law and then in untouchable international treaties. The patents organisations want more patents, regardless of...
[March 7, 2005, 12:35]
Software patents make a mockery of European ideals
Talkback With software patents in the hands of the powerfull few however only their economic business rules will govern how innovative EU software is allowed to be. Yeah right, how do you compete against thousands and thousands of software patents that last...
[March 7, 2005, 22:49]
Software patents need shelter from the storm
Talkback Notwithstanding all this, the American approach to patents will surely seriously handicap small and medium businesses, healthy competition and software inovation whilst playing into the hands of big business.
[September 19, 2003, 18:32]
Software patents face-off delayed until spring
Talkback IT touches every sector in every market.this ruling is one of the most important rulings in history.Software patents of the kind generated in the US today cannot be allowed to become law in Europe.It would have dire consequences to the rest of the...
[December 1, 2003, 22:40]
Stallman: Software patents victimise developers
News In a talk earlier this week, Richard Stallman described software patents as a sort of lottery, bringing benefits to people only rarely. In the US, there are hundreds of thousands of software patents. On Monday afternoon Richard Stallman was invited...
[March 28, 2002, 10:40]
Software patents campaigners honoured
Talkback The European Patent Convention from 1972 excludes software from patents. Software is already covered by copyright and adding patents to the mix will only cause trouble for business and end-users who *use* software.
[September 28, 2005, 20:24]
