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Bill Gates Backs Patent Trolls, Microsoft Gets More Patents

http://boycottnovell.com

A former Microsoft executive, who became a patent troll, is being backed by his old boss

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Created by komrad 7 weeks 1 day ago – Made popular 7 weeks 16 hours ago
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19th century solution to 21st century patent problems?

http://blogs.nmscommunications.com

"...Prof. Magliocca compares 19th century problems with "patent sharks" to today's problems with "patent trolls" and suggests the only politically acceptable path out of today's problems may be the path taken out of the 19th century problems, i.e. elimination of the class of patents that triggered the problems. He provides tons of interesting context, but here's one of his proposals..."

Via boycottnovell http://boycottnovell.com/2007/12/14/fsf-gerard-magliocca-on-patents/

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Ray Niro Offers $5,000 Bounty For Information On My Identity

http://trolltracker.blogspot.com

I have never had a bounty on my head before (see also blog post here). And I can't imagine why Ray Niro would pay $5,000 to find out who I am. I emailed him to find out (from the corner internet cafe, heh). He didn't respond. Ray: if you up it to $50,000, can I collect the reward?

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100th Post: A Call for the Senate to Pass Patent Reform

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If you're getting sued for patent infringement, you have a right to know who is really behind the lawsuit, and so does the public. So I started digging up publicly available information. What I found amazed me - so many patent plaintiffs, especially in the Eastern District of Texas, make no products, and just try to extract money out of their IP.

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Created by C733tus 48 weeks 16 hours ago – Made popular 48 weeks 9 hours ago
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GNU vs Linux Wars Escape the Real Issues — Patent Trolls and Microsoft

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Every trace of the disgrace which the SCO case needs to be erased, except for the links showing where funds got funneled from and why. It is time to focus on BayStar, Acacia and other suspicious parties that harvest or invest in IP.

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Free QA for patent trolls? Why?

http://www.linuxworld.com

Helping patent trolls with their QA is like going through bandits' ammunition and throwing out the dud rounds for them before they try to rob you.

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Created by peacemaker 1 year 16 weeks ago – Made popular 1 year 16 weeks ago
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