Broken patents system

• “Google lawyer: Why the patent system is broken” by James Temple (San Francisco Chronicle; 2011.06.11) – http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/05/BUQP1LQN3V.DTL&ao=all
• “Start-ups in the maze of software patents” (StormDriver; 2011.03.28) – http://www.stormdriver.com/blog/start-ups-in-the-maze-of-software-patents/
  “Let me give you a stark example, that something is wrong with the current patent system: Microsoft is a patent giant of IT world, and holds 17258 valid patents, even though it didn’t develop a single important software innovation over the course of all its history – just check this very interesting list [http://www.dwheeler.com/innovation/innovation.html].”

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Lawsuits in mobile space

• “Microsoft sues Motorola over Android – and all the other mobile lawsuits, visually” (Guardian Technology Blog) – http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/oct/04/microsoft-motorola-android-patent-lawsuit
  
• “Lawsuits in the mobile business” by Design language News (2010.10.05) – http://news.designlanguage.com/post/1252039209
  
• Google spreadsheet “Who’s Suing Who?” – https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Aqe2P9sYhZ2ndEhVeTQzd2llcWxwajN6bVJ6Mzl3eGc&hl=en_GB#gid=0
• Mobile Lawsuits (Flickr) – http://www.flickr.com/photos/pconigs/5055027363/
• “Who’s Suing Whom In The Telecoms Trade?” (Information Is Beautiful; 2010.10.06) – http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/whos-suing-whom-in-the-telecoms-trade/
• “Growth of a meme: how a mobile lawsuits visualisation evolved”(Guardian Technology Blog) – http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/oct/08/mobile-lawsuits-visualisation-gathered

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Related here: “One more example of reactive social role of patent system” – https://eikonal.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/one-more-example-of-reactive-social-role-of-patent-system/ | “Broken patents system” – https://eikonal.wordpress.com/2011/03/29/broken-patents-system/

ACTA

• “The European Parliament Rejects ACTA: The Impossible Becomes Possible” by Michael Geist (2012.07.04) – http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6578/125/
• Stop Usage Based Billing blog by Laurel L. Russwurm:
  • “The Hidden Rationale for Usage Based Billing” (2011.02.13) – http://stopusagebasedbilling.wordpress.com/2011/02/13/the-hidden-rationale-for-usage-based-billing/
    The simple answer to the underlying question is: ISPs and telcos need a way to fund the Internet monitoring functions required by the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and Canada’s Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act (Bill C-52).
  • “Did ACTA pass?” (2010.10.04) – http://stopusagebasedbilling.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/did-acta-pass/
• “MPAA asking if ACTA can be used to block sites like Wikileaks” by León (Technolawyer blog; 2010.09.30) – http://technolawyer.org/2010/09/30/mpaa-asking-if-acta-can-be-used-to-block-sites-like-wikileaks/
• La Quadrature du Net on ACTA – http://www.laquadrature.net/en/#brief_acta
  • WikiLeaks Cables Shine Light on ACTA History (2011.02.03) – http://www.laquadrature.net/en/wikileaks-cables-shine-light-on-acta-history
  • ACTA: Updated Analysis of the Final Version (2010.12.09) – http://www.laquadrature.net/en/acta-updated-analysis-of-the-final-version
• “The ACTA Internet provisions: DMCA goes worldwide” by Nate Anderson (ArcTechnica; 2009.11.08) – http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/the-acta-internet-provisions-dmca-goes-worldwide.ars
• Follow the ACTA tag across WordPress blogs – http://en.wordpress.com/tag/acta/
• For Your Eyes Only… Or Not – ACTA Leaks Again (ZeroPaid; 2010.07.14) – http://www.zeropaid.com/news/89917/for-your-eyes-only-or-not-acta-leaks-again/
  The ultra secret Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may be one of the worst kept secrets in the international community. The updated version of the infamous text has leaked online….
• ACTA’s Latest Text – A Quick Read Through (ZeroPaind; 2010.07.14) – http://www.zeropaid.com/news/89920/actas-latest-text-a-quick-read-through/
• New ACTA leak: 2010 07 13 consolidated text (Luzern round) – http://www.laquadrature.net/en/new-acta-leak-2010-07-13-consolidated-text-luzern-round
  Here (http://www.laquadrature.net/files/ACTA_consolidatedtext_EUrestricted130710.pdf) is the full consolidated text of the ACTA agreement, dated July 1st 2010. This is the full text from the Luzern round of negotiations, including the name of the negotiating parties along with their positions. It apparently comes from the civil liberties committee (LIBE) of the European Parliament.
• EU Refuses to ‘Swallow’ US Hypocrisy on ACTA (ZeroPaid; 2010.07.13) – http://www.zeropaid.com/news/89904/eu-refuses-to-swallow-us-hypocrisy-on-acta/
  Things are apparently getting tense over the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). If rights holders are hoping to get ACTA talks finalized quick and efficiently, they have a huge problem as European negotiators and US negotiators seem to be squaring off with each other according to a recently published report.
• Latest Version of ACTA Leaks (SlashDot; 2010.07.15) – http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/07/15/1920256/Latest-Version-of-ACTA-Leaks
  “Drew Wilson of ZeroPaid points to a freshly leaked version of ACTA available on La Quadrature Du Net. While the text will need further analysis, the most recent look at the text suggests that there is no Three Strikes law, but anti-circumvention laws have a new twist to them with regard to exceptions in that ‘they do not significantly impair the adequacy of legal protection […] or the effectiveness of legal remedies for violations of those measures.’ Overall, the text still hints at a global DMCA with notice-and-takedown.”
• ACTA 20100713 version consolidated text – http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/ACTA_20100713_version_consolidated_text
• La Quadrature Du net – asite following all things ACTA – http://www.laquadrature.net/en/ | Wiki – http://www.laquadrature.net/wiki/Main_Page
• SWPAT: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement overview – http://en.swpat.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement_overview | ACTA and software patents – http://en.swpat.org/wiki/ACTA_and_software_patents
• ACTA-leak 2010-03-23 – http://werebuild.eu/wiki/index.php?title=ACTA-leak_2010-03-23
• ACTA will become law without Congress by Executive Order – http://freedomandlinux.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/acta-will-become-law-without-congress-by-executive-order/

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