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Patent abuse

Meet the patent hoarders

This is Intellectual Ventures, which is suppossed to be the factory of the future. They don’t build anything; they hire some few researchers to claim that they actually produce some of their own patents. But their real business is buying patents from others, particularly those who may be used to Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 18 yearsNovember 15, 2004 ago
Software patents

Yet another stupid software patent.

The Register reports that graphics company Tektronix is trying to enforce a 1987 patent (Patent 4,734,690) . This patent is for a “graphics display terminal performs a pan operation with respect to a view motion center to effectuate spherical panning, thereby providing perspective and non-perspective views“. In plain English, this Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 18 yearsNovember 4, 2004 ago
Software patents

Software patents conference

A software patents conference will take place in Brussels between the 9 and 10 November 2004, organised by the Open Society Institute, the Greens and FFII. We support the attempts to curb software patents in Europe. Software patents = bad.

By Andres Guadamuz, 18 yearsOctober 22, 2004 ago
Software patents

Nvidia in patent trouble

The Register reports that popular video manufacturer Nvidia has been sued by patent holder Opti Inc. This is a worrying development as it seems that the battle that is raging through the software industry is about to spill out into the chip manufacturing industry. Let’s hope that software patents are Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 18 yearsOctober 21, 2004 ago

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