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Larry Rosen - patents can lead the way to great technology.
Larry Rosen makes some interesting statements about patents in a video interview from the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco:- "Well Open Source is based on intellectual property and it just is an accident of history perhaps that it's been...
/. "IBM Wants To Patent Restaurant Waits"
/. reports another trivial IBM patent:- "If all goes IBM's way, it'll soon constitute patent infringement if Bennigan's gives you a free lunch for being inconvenienced by a long wait for your meal. Big Blue is seeking a patent for its Method and Structure...
Posted: Feb 25 2008, 09:29 PM by Stephen McGibbon | with 1 comment(s)
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Another bridge with Xandros, another Linux distributor
The press release from Xandros has more details (my highlighting):- REDMOND, Wash., and NEW YORK– June 4, 2007 Microsoft, Xandros Broad Collaboration Agreement Extends Bridge Between Commercial Open Source and Microsoft Software Agreement Enhances Mixed...
Too much protest, methinks.
Wow, Steve Ballmer and Brad Smith certainly touched a nerve . I've read and re-read the article and I can't see what the big deal is. It's not like it should be a shock to anyone that there's unlicensed IP in the Linux Kernel. RMS seems to have been clued...
Posted: May 15 2007, 04:03 AM by Stephen McGibbon | with 6 comment(s)
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Stop surfing. Start zooming. IP Ventures launches ZenZui.
News of another start-up that is building on patented technology developed by Microsoft Research . ZenZui aims to transform the way people engage, consume and interact with Web content on a mobile device. ZenZui is part of the IP Ventures program that...
TouchLight licenced by Eon Reality through Microsoft's IP Ventures
Back in June I included a video of a Microsoft Research project called TouchLight in the keynote I gave at Eunis 2006 on how computation will affect the sciences and scientists . Afterwards I had several interesting conversations about how . It seems...
Fortune: Who's afraid of Nathan Myhrvold?
Interesting and balanced article discussing Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures and patent reform in the US. [Update] A Business Week article from earlier in the month : " Inside Nathan Myhrvold's Mysterious New Idea Machine "
Posted: Jun 27 2006, 04:22 PM by Stephen McGibbon | with no comments
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Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office
Interesting comment from Lawrence Lessig concerning the recently released Creative Commons Add-in for Microsoft Office . Lawrence reports surprise at people's surprise that Microsoft and CC would work together and says "Microsoft has been on the right...
Posted: Jun 24 2006, 08:16 PM by Stephen McGibbon | with 1 comment(s)
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