Notices tagged with patent

laurelrusswurm copyright

blogged: The IP Triumverate http://www.ur1.ca/8werk !Copyright #patent #trademark #myth

laurelrusswurm copyright , vanden

@vanden Both !copyright and #patent rightsholder controls exist only due to monopoly law; illustrates dual monopoly encumbering software.

laurelrusswurm copyright , vanden

@vanden "Patents and copyright are both monopoly systems with the same sort of effects. Which is why sw !copyright + #patent = redundency"

laurelrusswurm copyright , expatpaul

@expatpaul !copyright supposed to "protect" expression of ideas #patent supposed to "protect" process; reality is to protect revenue stream

laurelrusswurm copyright , vanden

@vanden The similarity between monopolies of !copyright & #patent is evidenced by the application of both to software.

laurelrusswurm copyright , douglasawh

@douglasawh Patents and copyright are both monopoly systems with the same sort of effects. Which is why sw !copyright + #patent = redundency

laurelrusswurm copyright , douglasawh

@douglasawh #samesame Software developers must budget for legal research/challenges too... !copyright #patent makes *everything* cost more

pensadorlouco

Apple’s Patent War on Linux Turns Back Against Apple, Which Allegedly Resorts to Using Patent Trolls - http://is.gd/ycBx9i #patent #war

pensadorlouco

Apple’s Patent War on Linux Turns Back Against Apple, Which Allegedly Resorts to Using Patent Trolls - http://is.gd/ycBx9i #patent #war

laurelrusswurm copyright , satipera

@satipera It was lovely. That Windows so clearly copied demonstrates the absurdity of !copyright / #patent law

Stav Prodromou Android OS

@bananabob It's ironic that one of the industry's worst intellectual property thieves (namely !Apple) is !patent suing !android makers

laurelrusswurm

RT @schestowitz Global Patent System http://ur1.ca/52s2x #swpats #patent #monopoly #monopoly #epo #china #uspto

laurelrusswurm

rd @juditrius What future for India’s #Patent Act? Novartis vs. Union of India http://ur1.ca/516cw

Stav Prodromou

!onthisdate in 1888, George Eastman registered the trademark #Kodak and received a !patent for his camera that uses roll film.

Stav Prodromou

#Openwave sues !Apple for !patent infringement: Asks for a ban on US imports of !iPad, !iPhone http://ur1.ca/500ic

laurelrusswurm

RT @crosbie The ©artel=Sauron. #Copyright=The One Ring ©. #Patent holders=Dwarves. #RIAA, #MPAA=Ringwraiths. Lawyers=Orcs. #FSF=Elves. # ...

Stav Prodromou

@gabrielsaldana Possible, but it also means !patent lawyers will amend all their patent apps to strengthen their language.

Stav Prodromou Android OS

!Google Steps Up to Defend !Android Developers From !Patent Lawsuit http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/08/google-android-lodsys-patent/

Jean-Marc Liotier

SCOTUS Microsoft vs. i4i: high level of proof needed to declare an issued #patent invalid, why it's bad news: http://j.mp/iEcefx ♻@glynmoody