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U.K. judge frowns on software patents
January 13, 2006
Sir Robin Jacob questions the need for software patents and scolds the U.S. for letting "anything under the sun" be patented.
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Protesters go bananas over EU patent plan
February 18, 2005
The debate gets lively when it comes to the value of software patents. Photos: Patent protesters take to the streets
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Next GPL to protect free software from lawsuits?
September 6, 2005
Next version of General Public License may restrict companies from using patents against free software, FSF Europe president says.
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Software patents raise hackles in Britain
October 22, 2004
A U.K. foundation gathers testimony from British businesses and coders opposed to software patents.
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Europe's software patent war ignites again
September 21, 2006
Patent debate may be taken out of hands of elected politicians under new measure, Parliament groups say.
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EU keeps tinkering with software patents
June 21, 2005
European authorities fail to close loopholes in legislation that will make software patentable, critics say.
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The open-source patent conundrum
January 31, 2005
OSI founder Bruce Perens cautions that the patent picture around open-source software is turning increasingly murky.
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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.
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Kodak wins Java patent suit
October 4, 2004
The case has outraged some opponents of software patents, who claim it is a textbook example of why software should not be patentable.
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European patent protesters: 'Innovation--yes!'
February 18, 2005
About 300 people march through the streets of Brussels to show their disapproval of a proposed law on software patents. Patent foes take to the streets
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Open-source battlegrounds heat up
February 2, 2005
Microsoft talks up security to counter Linux and company. Also: Torvalds trashes software patents.
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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.
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Software-patent battle set to flare up
October 29, 2004
In Europe, industry leaders, government officials and others debate whether patents would hinder or cultivate innovation.
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Trade deal exports DMCA down under
August 3, 2004
President Bush signs a trade deal that extends controversial software patents and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to Australia.
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Europe: No patents for software
May 24, 2006
Apparent U-turn on the extent to which software can be patented leaves patent opponents scratching their heads.
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Europe's patent proposal pending
February 18, 2005
European Parliament says software patent proposal must be rewritten. Whether European Commission will listen is another matter. Photos: Patent protesters take to the streets European patent protes...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Patent protest planned in Brussels
February 15, 2005
Patent critics plan to march past buildings of main EU bodies to protest controversial software directive.
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