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Red Hat CEO decries software patents

May 22, 2007 Patents 'absolutely' retard the pace of innovation, CEO Matthew Szulik argues, but he doesn't call for their abolition. TAGS: patent, software patent, Red Hat Inc., innovation, open source, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Rise of the patent trolls

October 12, 2005 HP's Joe Beyers urges the formation of a consortium to combat what he sees as a patent shakedown. TAGS: troll, patent, invention, consortium, innovation, nature, intellectual property, threat, value

Eco-Patent Commons shares earth-friendly tech

January 14, 2008 Launch of Eco-Patents Commons puts environmental sustainability patents from IBM, Sony, Nokia, and Pitney Bowes into the public domain. TAGS: patent, Pitney Bowes Inc., innovation, IBM Corp., intellectual property, Nokia Corp., information technology, electronics, Sony Corp.

Reformers must alter one-size-fits-all patents

July 18, 2007 Tech politics watcher Brian Kahin says the patent system should suit different needs, granting one sort of patent for software, for instance, and another for drugs. TAGS: patent, innovation, sector

Red Hat lets go of Fedora Linux

June 3, 2005 The company creates the Fedora Foundation to encourage further outside development of its free Fedora software. TAGS: Fedora Project, Red Hat Inc., Red Hat Enterprise Linux, patent, innovation, open source, Linux, Microsoft Corp., operating system

The looming threat to U.S. high tech's future

December 2, 2004 Herb Wamsley of the Intellectual Property Owners Association, says an underfunded patent office threatens innovation. TAGS: patent, diversion, innovation, litigation, investment, fee, U.S.

Open-source honchos trash software patents

February 2, 2005 "Software patents are clearly a problem," Linux founder Linus Torvalds says at the OSDL Linux Summit. TAGS: software patent, Mitch Kapor, Linus Torvalds, patent, Open Source Development Labs, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, open source, IBM Corp., innovation, Linux, Sun Solaris, chairman, founder, Mozilla Corp., programming
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