Many stories about software patents make an appearance at the moment (it's clearly a hot topic) and there's little time to expand on them, so here is just a sample of news worth reading if you care about the legal fight against Free software.

The latest news about patents with emphasis on software

Rambus antitrust comes to the Supreme Court; Bilski strikes again; isolated hardware patents news; trolls attack

A roundup of news and observations about Microsoft's exploitation of software patents

The latest news about patents (software in particular) that affect Free software

A roundup of software patents news and Microsoft's FUD loophole against FOSS.

A lot of Microsoft news can paint a grim picture. The following accumulation of news from the past week will hopefully shed light on the problems Microsoft as a whole is facing. It is well deserved.

News reports help illustrate the problem and how Microsoft exploits it in an opportunistic fashion.

Some of the latest patent news with emphasis on software.