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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. TAGS: software patent, litigation, measure, European Union, critic, Europe

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, innovation, Red Hat Inc., open source, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

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. TAGS: software patent, patent, commission, legislation, Europe, law

IBM offers 500 patents for open-source use

January 11, 2005 Big Blue will let open-source developers use 500 software patents without fear of infringement lawsuits. TAGS: patent, software patent, open-source software, IBM Corp., open source, Linux seller, Linux, open standard, fear, intellectual property, U.S., operating system, database, HP, 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., intellectual property, recommendation, U.S., idea

Stallman: OSDL patent project 'worse than nothing'

September 19, 2006 Project to fight low-quality patents could make legal terrain tougher for open source, FSF founder says. TAGS: Open Source Development Labs, Richard Stallman, software patent, patent, tagging, Free Software Foundation, open source, art, founder, project, developer, solution

Novell joins EFF for patent reform

May 23, 2007 Stung by criticism of its patent pact with Microsoft, Novell agrees to support Electronic Frontier Foundation's patent-busting work. TAGS: Novell Inc., patent, software patent, criticism, open source, open standard, open-source software, Red Hat Inc., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Year in review: Patent standoff wears on

December 27, 2005 Reform bill never makes it out of a congressional subcommittee, dashing tech companies' hopes for a speedy fix. TAGS: software patent, patent, lawsuit, Research In Motion Ltd., Linux, Microsoft Corp., HP

Red Hat exec takes Sun to task on open source

September 24, 2004 Michael Tiemann criticizes software rival Sun for its support of patents and for keeping Java proprietary. TAGS: Red Hat Inc., software patent, Sun Microsystems Inc., open source, Jonathan Schwartz, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, OpenOffice.org, AMD Opteron, open-source community, exec, OpenOffice, agreement, Sun Solaris, Linux, Java

The Green view of cyberspace

March 30, 2006 European Parliament member David Hammerstein Mintz offers a Green Party spin on the tech world. TAGS: software patent, European Union, firm, intellectual property, Spain, knowledge, information technology, eBay Inc., IP, Microsoft Corp.
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