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Bill Gates and other communists

February 15, 2005 Free Software Foundation president Richard Stallman says Microsoft's chairman is blurring the discussion about software patents. TAGS: software patent, Bill Gates, patent, protocol, GNU/Linux, Mr., copyright law, GPL, intellectual property, law, Microsoft Corp., idea

Patent firm woos big-name inventors

April 21, 2006 Inventors or litigants? One thing is for certain: Intellectual Ventures is allied with blue-chip engineering figures. TAGS: patent, professor, idea, video

Microsoft licenses Finjan security patents

July 20, 2005 Software giant invests in Finjan, picks up rights to ideas on how to combat previously unknown security threats. TAGS: Finjan Software Inc., Sears Roebuck & Co., patent, licensing agreement, security, agreement, Microsoft Corp., idea

HP: Don't like software patents? Learn to deal

February 15, 2005 Boycotting the patent system means "leaving oneself exposed for absolutely no good reason," says HP's Linux vice president. TAGS: software patent, patent, OSI, Open Source Development Labs, Richard Stallman, open source, intellectual property, open-source software, GNU, Linux, copyright law, vice president, founder, HP, Sun Microsystems Inc., idea

Lawmakers gear up for patent system overhaul

February 16, 2007 Key House panel is all for introducing a patent reform bill, but agreeing on details could prove a daunting task. TAGS: patent, Rick Boucher, Rep., intellectual property, idea

Legislating creativity--feds plan patent reform

September 13, 2005 Proposed law could make sweeping changes in the nation's patent system. But some say it's still not enough. Image: Patenting PB&J TAGS: patent, Eolas Technologies Inc., Linux, idea, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp.

U.K. considers wiki to ease patent bottleneck

December 14, 2006 Proposal would set up peer review of patents via wiki before they are submitted to government examiners. TAGS: software patent, Wiki, patent, U.K., recommendation, intellectual property, U.S., idea

This week in open source

February 18, 2005 HP's top Linux executive has a message for open-source programmers who don't like the idea of software patents: Get used to it. TAGS: software patent, Red Hat Inc., open-source programmer, OSI, open source, Fedora Project, Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, patent, Novell Inc., HP, idea

Bright ideas, big wait on tech payback

March 22, 2005 In retrospect, what could be more lucrative than the transistor, the Net and DOS? Hindsight's a hard lesson for some inventors. Images: Owners don't always cash in TAGS: transistor, AT&T Bell Laboratories, invention, AT&T Corp., patent, venture capital, antitrust, project, IBM Corp., scientist, idea
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