Potential smoking gun from a private Microsoft meeting before the SCO lawsuit

Novell gets some new intellectual monopolies and Microsoft gets sued over patent infringement

Weakening of software patents this year and lots of news from the US, the UK, and the EU

Just as surprising as the agreement itself was the enthusiastic participation and defence of the agreement by the developers Novell inherited from Ximian.

Why "Linux Defenders" is not the solution; Microsoft's lobbying arms expand coverage in the EU and what can be done to properly address this

OIN interviews, announcement of "Linux Defenders" and general criticism of this patent strategy

"...On access to intellectual property and the much needed technology transfer that will permit to the Global South to deal with urgent mitigation and adaptation challenges, WBCSD representatives called it "completely unacceptable for industry" that a UN climate agreement would include compulsory licensing of patents.

Following up on the "IPR in ICT Standardisation" Workshop two weeks ago in Brussels, FSFE president Georg Greve analysed the conflicts between patents and standards. The resulting is paper about the most harmful effects of patents on standards, the effectiveness of current remedies, and potential future remedies.