> http://www.google.com/patents/about/12_475_436_SYSTEMS_AND_METH
> ODS_FOR_MANAG.html?id=dgXkEBAJ
WTF? I don't think so, there, boys. You guys certainly didn't invent this.
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There is a new patent law. It changes patents from first-to-invent (FTI) to
first-to-file (FTF). I'm no lawyer, but does this mean forgetting about prior
art?
Lots on the Web about it, many saying it favors large companies who can afford
to file large numbers of patents.
So this filing may be
On 9/29/11 3:46 PM, David Boyes wrote:
http://www.google.com/patents/about/12_475_436_SYSTEMS_AND_METH
> ODS_FOR_MANAG.html?id=dgXkEBAJ
WTF? I don't think so, there, boys. You guys certainly didn't invent this.
http://www.redhat.com/legal/patent_policy.html
Some patents are to important
> Some patents are to important to let a patent troll or potentially malicious
> company scoop it up, so Red Hat will acquire those patents and allow the
> open source community to use them without worrying about licensing that
> piece of technology.
I think I'll just go patent everything I've e
The only problem is to have money, time and 'patent-laws knowledge' to
patent everything. This RedHat, IBM, Oracle et al do have in huge
packs...
Mauro
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On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 3:56
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 01:56:03PM -0500, David Boyes wrote:
>
> > Some patents are to important to let a patent troll or potentially malicious
> > company scoop it up, so Red Hat will acquire those patents and allow the
> > open source community to use them without worrying about licensing that
>
Rodger,
am Sat, Oct 01, 2011 at 08:46:28PM +1300 hast du folgendes geschrieben:
> I, for one, would prefer companies with a good track record of
> commitment to the open source world hoover up dumb patents and leave
> them sitting idle rather than Apple getting hold of them and launching
> another
On Sat, 1 Oct 2011 10:42:12 +0200
Philipp Kern wrote:
> > I, for one, would prefer companies with a good track record of
> > commitment to the open source world hoover up dumb patents and leave
> > them sitting idle rather than Apple getting hold of them and
> > launching another one of their eff
> On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 01:56:03PM -0500, David Boyes wrote:
> >
> > > Some patents are to important to let a patent troll or potentially
> > > malicious company scoop it up, so Red Hat will acquire those patents
> > > and allow the open source community to use them without worrying
> > > about l
On 10/2/11 11:38 PM, David Boyes wrote:
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 01:56:03PM -0500, David Boyes wrote:
> >
> > > Some patents are to important to let a patent troll or potentially
> > > malicious company scoop it up, so Red Hat will acquire those patents
> > > and allow the open source
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