Yet another article highlighting why I hate the patent system. Apparently NetFlix is sueing BlockBuster over patents it has over movie rentals over the internet.
Tag Archives: patents
The Patent Epidemic
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I found a reference to this on Slashdot – BusinessWeek has a really good article describing the goofiness that is the U.S. patent system.
Google’s Patents Reveal Strategy To Beat Microsoft
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Google’s Patents Reveal Strategy To Beat Microsoft – interesting article about how Microsoft is currently in the position that IBM was with them when it comes to Google. Could Google threaten Microsofts dominance?
eCommerce Patents Out of Control
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This article on Techdirt talks about the latest patent suit between EPlus and SAP. Apparently, EPlus holds a patent on searching online catalogs, checking availability, and displaying the results. How rediculous is this to have a patent for and why the hell is this kind of stuff being granted?
New free software license takes aim at patents – Tech News & Reviews – MSNBC.com
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New free software license takes aim at patents – New draft of GPL license says if you hold a patent, and accuse a GPL project of violating it, you lose your GPL rights. ZDNet article here.
Apples “Violation” of Creative Patent
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The latest news about Creative owning a patent on “Automatic Hierarchical Categorization of Music By Metadata” has me a little annoyed. I just don’t see why one company would have to pay another for the ability to create a hierarchical menuing system. The ability of companies to “own ideas” rather than specific implementations is just not something that makes sense to me.
What if VisiCalc had been patented?
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What if VisiCalc had been patented? – Dan Bricklin
Amazon Settles in Patent Infringement LawSuit
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Amazon Settles in Patent Infringement Law Suit – Forbes.com
Dynamic Web Page Generation Patented?
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This article on Slashdot talks about the vague patent held by Epicrealm on the dynamic generation of web pages.
Bieber Labs 