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We need to fix the US patent system, specifically for "software" ...

We need to fix the US patent system, specifically for "software" patents. I'll use this blog to capture some examples of Bad Patents.

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A method of crowdsourcing the fight against bad software patents. If, just ...

A method of crowdsourcing the fight against bad software patents. If, just as an example, there are four wheeled cars, three wheeled, and.

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Whenever software meets government, bad things happen, because The problem ...

Whenever software meets government, bad things happen, because The problem with Amazon's notorious one-click patent, for example, is not that it's a.

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In Alice, for example, the Court said that simply adding conventional The p...

In Alice, for example, the Court said that simply adding conventional The problem hasn't been software patents per se; it's been bad software  Mon, Oct

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The real trouble with the so-called bad software patents is that they .. Fo...

The real trouble with the so-called bad software patents is that they .. For example, Red Hat won a patent suit regarding virtual desktops.

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Why Patents Are Bad for Software XyQuest had been bitten by a software pate...

Why Patents Are Bad for Software XyQuest had been bitten by a software patent - one of the more . Such examples are becoming increasingly com-. 52 mon.

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CLS Bank today, striking down an abstract software patent. To take a typica...

CLS Bank today, striking down an abstract software patent. To take a typical example, a patent troll called DietGoal, armed with a stupid.

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It's also a reminder of how the history of Apple and software patents ...

It's also a reminder of how the history of Apple and software patents remains But they're bad for rapid innovation, since they prevent developers from It prompted Richard Stallman's GNU project, for example—hardly a.

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The software patent debate is the argument about the extent to which, as a ...

The software patent debate is the argument about the extent to which, as a matter of public . Some examples are H, MP3 and GIF (that uses the patented LZW .. Steal This Film (, ) · Good Copy Bad Copy () · RiP!: A Remix.

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Projects such as that by the Software Patent Institute are attempting to ma...

Projects such as that by the Software Patent Institute are attempting to make more software prior art available to patent examiners. However, bad patents.

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An e-mail I wrote to a Stanford Law student a long time ago who asked me wh...

An e-mail I wrote to a Stanford Law student a long time ago who asked me why programmers thought software patents were bad.

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For example, US patent law excludes "abstract ideas" [0], but sof...

For example, US patent law excludes "abstract ideas" [0], but software is an abstract idea. Looking at an early example for a software patent.

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For example, it is trivial in software development to take an algorithm fro...

For example, it is trivial in software development to take an algorithm from some . This is particular bad with software patents, because hardware evolves at a.

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Of course, there are also proponents of software patents. One prominent exa...

Of course, there are also proponents of software patents. One prominent example is Bob Zeidman, author of a book on IP (Intellectual Property).

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Explanation of the serious problems of software patents. For example, since...

Explanation of the serious problems of software patents. For example, since any significantly-sized software must use millions of "inventions", in expanding the use of patents, even when it's bad for the industry and bad for the country.

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